Obadja (first name)
Obadja ( Hebrew עובדיהalso Ovadja ) is a male Hebrew given name meaning "servant of YHWH ". The Greco-Latin version of the name is Obdias or Abdias .
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- Obadja , biblical prophet and his scriptures
- Obadja the proselyte (John of Oppido; around 1070–1150), Norman convert to Judaism
- Obadja, Manasse and Benjamin of Rome : a printer Obadja (around 1470)
- Ovadja ben Avraham Bertinoro , called Il Gran Bertinoro (c. 1465–1515), rabbi and important commentator on the Mishnah
- Obadja ben Jacob Sforno (1475–1550), Italian rabbi and Bible commentator
- Obadiah German (1766–1842), American lawyer and politician (Democratic Republican Party)
- Obadiah Gardner (1852-1938), American politician (Democratic Party)
- Ovadja Josef (1920–2013), former Sephardic Rabbi of the State of Israel and spiritual head of the Shas movement
- Obie Trotter (Obadiah Nelson "Obie" Trotter; * 1984), American basketball player