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OBADIAH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Obadiah mean?
• OBADIAH (noun)
The noun OBADIAH has 2 senses:
2. an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible
Familiarity information: OBADIAH used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Hebrew minor prophet
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Abdias; Obadiah
Instance hypernyms:
prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Abdias; Book of Obadiah; Obadiah
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Obadiah" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
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