{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5662",
  "lemma": "עֹבַדְיָה",
  "transliteration": "ʻÔbadyâh",
  "definition": "Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites",
  "kjv": "Obadiah.",
  "occurrences": 20,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ, עֹבַדְיָה n.pr.m. (servant of Yah)",
    "I. :",
    "1. chief of Ahab’s household",
    "2. father of one of the chiefs of Zebulun",
    "3. a Levite overseer in time of Josiah",
    "II. :",
    "1. the prophet",
    "2. a descendant of David",
    "3. chief of tribe of Issachar",
    "4. a Benjamite",
    "5. a Levite",
    "6. a Gadite chief",
    "7. a prince in time of Jehoshaphat",
    "8. priestly companion of Ezra",
    "9. a doorkeeper"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:3",
      "text": "Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:4",
      "text": "for when Jezebel cut off the LORD’s prophets, Obadiah took one hundred prophets, and hid them fifty to a cave, and fed…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:5",
      "text": "Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go through the land, to all the springs of water, and to all the brooks. Perhaps we may find…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:6",
      "text": "So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:7",
      "text": "As Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him. He recognized him, and fell on his face, and said, “Is it you, my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 18:16",
      "text": "So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/18?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Obadiah 1:1",
      "text": "The vision of Obadiah. This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom. We have heard news from the LORD, and an ambassador…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/obadiah/1?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Ezra 8:9",
      "text": "Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred eighteen males.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/8?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 10:6",
      "text": "Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/10?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Nehemiah 12:25",
      "text": "Mattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers keeping the watch at the storehouses of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/12?v=25"
    }
  ],
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