Abdias

//æbˈdi.əs// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Obadiah (biblical prophet)

    "Unto whom I will give for leaders, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, Oseas, Amos, and Micheas, Joel, Abdias, and Jonas, […]"

Example

More examples

"As a member of the Brazilian Black Front, Abdias do Nascimento fought against racial segregation in São Paulo in the 1930s."

Etymology

From Latin Abdias, from Ancient Greek Ὀβδίας (Obdías), from Hebrew עוֹבַדְיָה (ʿovadyah).

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