Definition

Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites

Etymology

or עֹבַדְיָהוּ; active participle of H5647 (עָבַד) and H3050 (יָהּ); serving Jah;

Word family

• עָבַד ʻâbad
• יָהּ Yâhh

How the KJV renders it

• Obadiah

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.