Obadiah

n. prophet of the sixth century (Biblical); shortest book of the Bible containing the prophecies of Obadiah; male first name (Hebrew)

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Noun
1. a Hebrew minor prophet
(synonym) Abdias
(hypernym) prophet
2. an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible
(synonym) Abdias, Book of Obadiah
(hypernym) book
(part-holonym) Prophets, Nebiim

n. Obadiah, prophet of the sixth century; shortest book of the Bible containing the prophecies of Obadiah (Biblical); male first name

[Judaic] "Servant of God". Fourth of the minor prophets. He prophesied after the capture of Jerusalem. His book, the 31st of the Old Testament, is a denunciation of Edom. Nothing is known of his history.