Obadiah
Americannoun
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a Hebrew prophet
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the book containing his oracles, chiefly directed against Edom
Etymology
Origin of Obadiah
Ultimately from Hebrew ʿōbhadhyāh, ʿōbhadhyāhū “slave of Yahweh”
Example Sentences
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“My name is Matthew James Obadiah Allen, I am a United States citizen,” he screams in the video.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
Another person familiar with the talks said Mr. Ortega approached the State Department through Nicaragua’s ambassador to Washington, Francisco Obadiah Campbell Hooker.
From New York Times ● May 5, 2022
Unverified kits have been sold by private companies, including some pharmacies, but Health Minister Obadiah Moyo told the state-owned Herald newspaper that all kits need to be evaluated by the local authority first.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2020
Who else details the shift in crime from gangsters to corporate, who discusses the nature of truth and reality, who gives us Obadiah, Camus and Peter and the Wolf?
From The Guardian ● Jan. 29, 2019
Obadiah told them he knew the Lord God had sent her, but he didn’t know who she was.”
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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