עֹבַדְיָה
ʻÔbadyâh · o-bad-yaw'
Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֹבַדְיָהוּ; active participle of H5647 (עָבַד) and H3050 (יָהּ); serving Jah;
Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Obadiah.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the house, what is within of the doorway, the way in of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֹבַדְיָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
20 occurrences · 20 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- obadiah5 · 25%
- and obadiah5 · 25%
- of obadiah3 · 15%
- now obadiah1 · 5%
- that obadiah1 · 5%
- unto obadiah1 · 5%
- by himself, and obadiah1 · 5%
- and as obadiah1 · 5%
- so obadiah1 · 5%
- and to obadiah1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.