עבדההד Lzb ³³³, OHeb עבדיהו Id. ³³⁴) ;—I. עֹבַדְיָ˜הוּ : 1. chief of Ahab’s household 1 K 18:3 ^(×2), 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 16 , Ö Αβδ(ε)ιου . 2. father of one of the chiefs of Zebulun 1 Ch 27:19 , Ö Αβδ(ε)ιου (genit.). 3. a Levite overseer in time of Josiah 2 Ch 34:12 , Ö Αβδ(ε)ια , A Ö L Αβδιας . II. עֹבַדְיָה : 1. the prophet Ob 1 , Ö Οβδ(ε)ιου (genit.), Αβδ(ε)ιου . 2. a descendant of David 1 Ch 3:21 , Ö Αβδεια , Ö L Οβδιας . 3. chief of tribe of Issachar 1 Ch 7:3 , Ö Μειβδεια , A Οβδια , Ö L Αβδια . 4. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:28 ; 9:44 , Ö Αβδ(ε)ια . 5. a Levite 1 Ch 9:16 ( || עַבְדָּא ) Ne 11:17 ), Ö Αβδεια , A Οβδια , Ö L Αβια . 6. a Gadite chief 1 Ch 12:9 , Ö Αβδ(ε)ια . 7. a prince in time of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 17:7 , Ö Αβ(δ)ιαν .
8. priestly companion of Ezra Ezr 8:9 Ne 10: 6, Ö Αδεια, Αβ(α)δ(ε)ια , Ö L Αβδιου, Αβιας . 9. a doorkeeper Ne 12:25 , א Οβδιας , Ö L Αβδιας .

• [ מַעְבָּד ^] n. [ m. ] work ( late form; Biblical Aramaic מַעֲבַד ) ^;—pl. sf. מַעְבָּדֵיהֶם Jb 34:2 5.

^•עָבָה S 5666 TWOT 1554 GK 6286 vb. be thick, fat, gross ^(NH Pi. עִבָּה make thick , and deriv.; Syriac ܥܒܳܐ ( ˓bo ) swell up , pt. pass. swollen, thick, dense, stupid , and many deriv.; Arabic غَبِىَ ( ğabiya ) be dense, stupid , أَغُبَى ( ˒ağubā ) dense foliage; Ethiopic ˜˜˜ ( ˓abya ) be great Di ⁹⁸⁵) ;— Qal Pf. 3 ms. קָֽטֳנִּי ע׳ מִמָּתְנֵי אָבִי 1 K 12:10 my little finger is thicker (stouter) than, etc., = 2 Ch 10:10 ; be thick, gross , of rebell. Isr. under fig. of highly fed beast, 2 ms. שָׁמַנְתָּ עָבִּיתָ כָּשִׂיתָ Dt 32:1 5.

• עֲבִי S 5672 TWOT 1554a GK 6295 n. [ m. ] thickness ;— cstr. ע׳ גַּבֵּי מָגִנָּיו Jb 15:26 the thickness (stoutness) of the bosses of his shields (in fig. ); sf. עָבְיֹו

its thickness , of the molten sea 1 K 7:26 = 2 Ch 4: 5; of pillar Je 52:21 .— 2 Ch 4:17
v. foll.—Under עבה belongs perhaps also בְּעַב הֶעָנָן Ex 19:9 (read בַּעֲבִי ?) in the thickness of the clouds, cf. Bu ^ThLZ 1892 (3), 63 Kö ^{ii 1, 86}.

• מַעֲבֶה S 4568 TWOT 1554b GK 5043 n. [ m. ] si vera l. , thickness, compactness ;— בְּמַעֲבֵה הָאֲדָמָה 1 K 7:46 in the compactness of the soil , i.e. clayey

OHeb Old Hebrew (Inscriptions).