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”
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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
Today, Mintz said, the only other surviving record of a Jewish community in Makisin is a reference by Obadiah ha-Ger, a Norman convert to Judaism who had passed through in the 12th century.
From New York Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
Mr Chin'ono's reporting on alleged Covid-19 procurement fraud within the health ministry led to the arrest and sacking of Health Minister Obadiah Moyo.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2020
Benjamin Obadiah Iqbal Zephaniah was born to a Jamaican mother who worked as a nurse and a Barbadian father who worked for the post office.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2020
So I began reciting all the books of the Bible from first to last, and I got to somewhere around Obadiah before I fell asleep.
From "My Brother Sam is Dead" by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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