Abdias
- proper noun
- /æbˈdaɪəs/
- Literature
- Many regard Abdias as a minor prophet who highlights the downfall of Edom in his writings.
Examples
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In his prophecies, Abdias calls for justice and accountability from nations that oppress others.
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For example, some speeches by Abdias do Nascimento have been essentially lectures on black history and the relationship between that history and blacks' contemporary predicament.
Academic text (1998) -
Afro-Brazilian activist Abdias do Nascimento has gone so far as to claim that Brazil resembles South Africa without apartheid.
Academic text (1999) -
In a later essay, Abdias specifically renounced the play for its fidelity to European aesthetic ideals and linked the play to the film by calling Vinicius's creation "a Black Orpheus." 19
Academic text (1998) -
When pay delays led dancers to threaten to strike the second run of the play, the playwright-impresario addressed them in writing and underscored, beyond his own losses, what he had been told by the black director and by actor Abdias do Nascimento: that the play was so important for the "dignification of blacks in Brazil and in the theatre" that they would have worked for free.
Academic text (1998) -
The Hebrew prophet Abdias is known for his strong messages against the nation of Edom.
Synonyms
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A Hebrew prophet in the Bible with a book of one chapter
Surface Forms
Etymology
Abdias comes from Hebrew parts abd 'servant' and Yah 'the Lord', so the name means 'servant of the Lord'. That's why it is the name of a prophet who speaks for God.