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Obadiah

/ˌoʊbəˈdaɪə/ · name

Meaning

  1. A minor prophet.
  2. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew, of biblical origin.

Etymology / origin

From Hebrew עובדיה (Ovadya, “servant of Yahweh”); comparable to Arabic عبد اللّٰه (ʕabd-allah, “servant of God”).

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