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Obadiah

noun Oba·di·ah \ˌō-bə-ˈdī-ə\

Definition of OBADIAH

1
:  a Hebrew prophet
2
:  a prophetic book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture — see bible table
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Origin of OBADIAH

Hebrew ʽŌbhadhyāh
First Known Use: 1587

Rhymes with OBADIAH

Hezekiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah, Nehemiah, Surabaya, Zechariah, Zephaniah

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