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Definition of Abdias

1. Noun. A Hebrew minor prophet.

2. Noun. An Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible.

Definition of Abdias

1. Proper noun. (biblical character) Obadiah ( the prophet) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abdias

Abbott Abbott's artery Abbott's method Abbott's stain Abbott's tube Abbott Lawrence Lowell Abbottabad Abby Abdallah Abdals

Abdera Abderhalden reaction Abderian Abderite Abderites Abdias (current term) Abdinasir Abdon Abdul Abdulaziz

Abdullah Abdullatif Abdulmalik Abdunnasir Abe Abecedarian Abecedarians Abednego Abegg's rule Abel

Literary usage of Abdias

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Abdias, ab'dî-as: Legendary first bishop of ... and pretending to be the Latin translation of the Greek translation of the Hebrew work of Abdias. ..."

2. The Biographical Dictionary of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful (1842)
"The work thus discovered does not profess to be the original work of Abdias ; but has this inscription in Latin subjoined in the ..."

3. The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor, Charles Page Eden, Reginald Heber, Alexander Taylor (1850)
"... in the confines of Samaria, making his grave between the bodies of Elizeus and Abdias, the prophets. And about this time was the passover of the Jews. ..."

4. The Literary Diary of Ezra Stiles: Ed. Under the Authority of the by Ezra Stiles (1901)
"... Notes—also Abdias Lives XII apostles. 3o. Disput". April 1. Disput". ... Abdias ..."

5. The Natural & Moral History of the Indies by José de Acosta (1880)
"Of the Prophecie of Abdias, which some doe interpret to be the Indies. Many say and affirme that in the holy Scripture it was foretold long before that this ..."

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