Obadiah
[ oh-buh-dahy-uh ]
/ ˌoʊ bəˈdaɪ ə /
noun
a Minor Prophet.
a book of the Bible bearing his name. Abbreviation: Obad.
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Also Douay Bible, Ab·di·as [ab-dahy-uh s] /æbˈdaɪ əs/.
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Example sentences from the Web for abdias
Abdias therefore went to meet Achab, and told him: and Achab came to meet Elias.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|VariousAbdias, Marcellus, and Hegesippus have all three written this story.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)He to whom we owe the most circumstantial gospel that we possess deserved a better historian than Abdias.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 1 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)Abdias, Marcellinus and Hegisippus have each related this story, with a little difference in the details.
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British Dictionary definitions for abdias (1 of 2)
British Dictionary definitions for abdias (2 of 2)
Obadiah
/ (ˌəʊbəˈdaɪə) /
noun Old Testament
a Hebrew prophet
the book containing his oracles, chiefly directed against Edom
Douay spelling: Abdias (æbˈdaɪəs)
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