Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Obadiah

OBADIAH

GENDER: Masculine

OTHER SCRIPTS: עֹבַדְיָה (Ancient Hebrew)

PRONOUNCED: o-bə-DIE-ə (English) [key]

Meaning & History

Means "servant of YAHWEH" in Hebrew. This is the name of one of the twelve minor prophets in the Old Testament.

Related Names

OTHER LANGUAGES: Abdiou (Biblical Greek), 'Ovadyah (Biblical Hebrew), Abdias (Biblical Latin), Ovadia (Hebrew)

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