First name Obadiah in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Obadiah is the name of the feared the Lord (1KI 18:3), sent by Jehoshaphat to teach (2CH 17:7), as well as name of son of Hananiah (1CH 3:21), son of Izrahiah (1CH 7:3), and son of Azel (1CH 8:38)
(and others...)
. Meaning of the name: servant of the Lord. Related names are: Ahab, Zechariah, Azel . The translations of Obadiah in 73 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the ichthys
below, from Abdías in Spanish to オバデヤ in Japanese!
Wear it!And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: (1KI 18:3)
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly: (1KI 18:3)
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.) (1KI 18:4)
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts. (1KI 18:5)
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself. (1KI 18:6)
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah? (1KI 18:7)
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah. (1KI 18:16)
And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. (1CH 3:21)
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. (1CH 7:3)
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. (1CH 8:38)
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites. (1CH 9:16)
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel. (1CH 9:44)
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third, (1CH 12:9)
Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: (1CH 27:19)
Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben-hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah. (2CH 17:7)
And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. (2CH 34:12)
Of the sons of Joab; Obadiah the son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen males. (EZR 8:9)
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah, (NEH 10:5)
Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the ward at the thresholds of the gates. (NEH 12:25)
The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the LORD, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle. (OBA 1:1)