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Definition of Book of obadiah
1. Noun. An Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible.
Generic synonyms: Book
Group relationships: Old Testament, Nebiim, Prophets
Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Of Obadiah
Literary usage of Book of obadiah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Book of the Twelve Prophets Commonly Called the Minor by George Adam Smith (1898)
"CHAPTER XIII THE book of obadiah THE Book of Obadiah is the smallest among the
prophets, ... book of obadiah."
2. An Introduction to the Old Testament by Charles Henry Hamilton Wright (1890)
"The Book of Obadiah is directed against Edom. There is much uncertainty as to
the time in which it was written, and as to the events to which it refers. ..."
3. A Dictionary of the Bible, Comprising Its Antiquities, Biography, Geography edited by William Smith (1898)
"Those unversed in their literature may wonder where the Christians arc found in
the Book of Obadiah. But it is a fixed principle of rabbinical ..."
4. Historic Notes on the Books of the Old and New Testaments by Samuel Sharpe (1858)
"ON THE book of obadiah. THE f prophet threatens that the nations shall arise
against Edom. Though she dwells in the clefts of the rock, and her habitation ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"and others; that Jeremiah and our book of Obadiah alike quote from an older ...
535), That the book of Obadiah, short аз it is, is a complex document might ..."
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