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Oded

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(restoring). (1) Father of Azariah (2 Chron. 15:1¹And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: (2 Chronicles 15:1)). (2) A Samaritan prophet (2 Chron. 28:9-11⁹But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. ¹⁰And now ye purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondmen and bondwomen unto you: but are there not with you, even with you, sins against the Lord your God? ¹¹Now hear me therefore, and deliver the captives again, which ye have taken captive of your brethren: for the fierce wrath of the Lord is upon you. (2 Chronicles 28:9‑11)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

1. A prophet and father of the prophet Azariah (2 Chron. 15:1,8¹And the Spirit of God came upon Azariah the son of Oded: (2 Chronicles 15:1)
⁸And when Asa heard these words, and the prophecy of Oded the prophet, he took courage, and put away the abominable idols out of all the land of Judah and Benjamin, and out of the cities which he had taken from mount Ephraim, and renewed the altar of the Lord, that was before the porch of the Lord. (2 Chronicles 15:8)).

2. Prophet in Samaria who protested against the captives from Judah being brought into the city (2 Chron. 28:9⁹But a prophet of the Lord was there, whose name was Oded: and he went out before the host that came to Samaria, and said unto them, Behold, because the Lord God of your fathers was wroth with Judah, he hath delivered them into your hand, and ye have slain them in a rage that reacheth up unto heaven. (2 Chronicles 28:9)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

5752 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

`Owded

Phonic:

o-dade’

Meaning:

or mOded {o-dade'}; from 5749; reiteration; Oded, the name of two Israelites

KJV Usage:

Oded

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

restoration: surrounding

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

He propped up; setting up; erecting; reiteration:―name of two Israelites, 2 Chron. 15:1. {Statuminavit}