First name Oded in the world's Bibles
In the bible, Oded is the name of the father of Azariah (2CH 15:1). Meaning of the name: to sustain, hold or lift up. Related names are: Judah, Ephraim, Asa . The translations of Oded in 2 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
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below, from עודד in Hebrew to Ωδηδ in Greek!
Wear it!And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: (2CH 15:1)
And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the LORD, that was before the porch of the LORD. (2CH 15:8)
But a prophet of the LORD was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the LORD God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. (2CH 28:9)