Obadiah
For the seriously audacious biblical baby namer who wants to move beyond Elijah and Josiah, this name has considerable old-fangled charm. Obadiah, who gave his name to one of the shortest books in the Bible, was a rich man who had the gift of prophecy. There are several other men named Obadiah in the Bible, as well as a Saint Obadiah.
In literature, there is an Obadiah in Laurence Sterne’s novel Tristan Shandy, and another in Anthony Trollope’s Barchester Towers.
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