עֹבַדְיָה

Transliteration
ovadyah
Old Hebrew
𐤏𐤁𐤃𐤉𐤄
Meaning
Servant of God — Hebrew proper name of the prophet Obadiah
Root
עבד

The Hebrew proper name of the prophet Obadiah, meaning "Servant of God." Jerome provides the etymology in his survey of the prophets.

Pope Clement VIII, Jerome's Prefaces, On Worship