Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1a) (Qal) 1a1) ----- 1a1a) to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass 1a1b) to come about, come to pass 1a2) to come into being, become 1a2a) to arise, appear, come 1a2b) to become 1a2b1) to become 1a2b2) to become like 1a2b3) to be instituted, be established 1a3) to be 1a3a) to exist, be in existence 1a3b) to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time) 1a3c) to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality) 1a3d) to accompany, be with 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about 1b2) to be done, be finished, be gone">1961 [e] וַיְהִ֤י way-hî And as was Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1) the 4th of the 12 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel 1a) the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom 2) father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David 3) a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah 4) chief of the household of king Ahab of Israel; an devout worshipper of Jehovah who at risk to his own life hid over 100 prophets during the persecution of Jezebel 5) a descendant of David 6) a chief of the tribe of Issachar 7) a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul 8) a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun 9) a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag 10) a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah 11) a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra 12) a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah 13) one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 13a) perhaps the same as 12">5662 [e] עֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙ ‘ō-ḇaḏ-yā-hū Obadiah N-proper-ms 1a) road, way, path 1b) journey 1c) direction 1d) manner, habit, way 1e) of course of life (fig.) 1f) of moral character (fig.)">1870 [e] בַּדֶּ֔רֶךְ bad-de-reḵ, on [his] way Prep-b, Art | N-cs 2009 [e] וְהִנֵּ֥ה wə-hin-nêh and suddenly Conj-w | Interjection 1) the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 2) Benjamite son of Jeroham 3) a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile 4) a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile">452 [e] אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ ’ê-lî-yā-hū Elijah N-proper-ms 1) (BDB) to encounter, befall, meet 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to meet, encounter 1a2) to befall (fig)">7125 [e] לִקְרָאת֑וֹ liq-rā-ṯōw; met him Prep-l | V-Qal-Inf | 3ms 1a) (Niphal) to be recognised 1b) (Piel) to regard 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to regard, observe, pay attention to, pay regard to, notice 1c2) to recognise (as formerly known), perceive 1c3) to be willing to recognise or acknowledge, acknowledge with honour 1c4) to be acquainted with 1c5) to distinguish, understand 1d) (Hithpael) to make oneself known 2) to act or treat as foreign or strange, disguise, misconstrue 2a) (Niphal) to disguise oneself 2b) (Piel) 2b1) to treat as foreign (profane) 2b2) to misconstrue 2c) (Hithpael) 2c1) to act as alien 2c2) to disguise oneself">5234 [e] וַיַּכִּרֵ֙הוּ֙ way-yak-ki-rê-hū and he recognized him Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms | 3ms 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to fall 1a2) to fall (of violent death) 1a3) to fall prostrate, prostrate oneself before 1a4) to fall upon, attack, desert, fall away to, go away to, fall into the hand of 1a5) to fall short, fail, fall out, turn out, result 1a6) to settle, waste away, be offered, be inferior to 1a7) to lie, lie prostrate 1b) (Hiphil) 1b1) to cause to fall, fell, throw down, knock out, lay prostrate 1b2) to overthrow 1b3) to make the lot fall, assign by lot, apportion by lot 1b4) to let drop, cause to fail (fig.) 1b5) to cause to fall 1c) (Hithpael) 1c1) to throw or prostrate oneself, throw oneself upon 1c2) to lie prostrate, prostrate oneself 1d) (Pilel) to fall">5307 [e] וַיִּפֹּ֣ל way-yip-pōl and fell Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although">5921 [e] עַל־ ‘al- on Prep 1a) face, faces 1b) presence, person 1c) face (of seraphim or cherubim) 1d) face (of animals) 1e) face, surface (of ground) 1f) as adv of loc/temp 1f1) before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before 1g) with prep 1g1) in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of">6440 [e] פָּנָ֔יו pā-nāw, his face N-cpc | 3ms 1a) (Qal) to say, to answer, to say in one's heart, to think, to command, to promise, to intend 1b) (Niphal) to be told, to be said, to be called 1c) (Hithpael) to boast, to act proudly 1d) (Hiphil) to avow, to avouch">559 [e] וַיֹּ֕אמֶר way-yō-mer and said Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 859 [e] הַאַתָּ֥ה ha-’at-tāh [Is] you Art | Pro-2ms 1a) (alone) 1a1) this one 1a2) this...that, the one...the other, another 1b) (appos to subst) 1b1) this 1c) (as predicate) 1c1) this, such 1d) (enclitically) 1d1) then 1d2) who, whom 1d3) how now, what now 1d4) what now 1d5) wherefore now 1d6) behold here 1d7) just now 1d8) now, now already 1e) (poetry) 1e1) wherein, which, those who 1f) (with prefixes) 1f1) in this (place) here, then 1f2) on these conditions, herewith, thus provided, by, through this, for this cause, in this matter 1f3) thus and thus 1f4) as follows, things such as these, accordingly, to that effect, in like manner, thus and thus 1f5) from here, hence, on one side...on the other side 1f6) on this account 1f7) in spite of this, which, whence, how">2088 [e] זֶ֖ה zeh this Pro-ms 1a) lord, master 1a1) reference to men 1a1a) superintendent of household, of affairs 1a1b) master 1a1c) king 1a2) reference to God 1a2a) the Lord God 1a2b) Lord of the whole earth 1b) lords, kings 1b1) reference to men 1b1a) proprietor of hill of Samaria 1b1b) master 1b1c) husband 1b1d) prophet 1b1e) governor 1b1f) prince 1b1g) king 1b2) reference to God 1b2a) Lord of lords (probably = 'thy husband, Yahweh') 1c) my lord, my master 1c1) reference to men 1c1a) master 1c1b) husband 1c1c) prophet 1c1d) prince 1c1e) king 1c1f) father 1c1g) Moses 1c1h) priest 1c1i) theophanic angel 1c1j) captain 1c1k) general recognition of superiority 1c2) reference to God 1c2a) my Lord, my Lord and my God 1c2b) Adonai (parallel with Yahweh)">113 [e] אֲדֹנִ֥י ’ă-ḏō-nî my lord N-msc | 1cs 1) the great prophet of the reign of Ahab 2) Benjamite son of Jeroham 3) a son of Elam with foreign wife during exile 4) a son of Harim, and priest, with foreign wife during exile">452 [e] אֵלִיָּֽהוּ׃ ’ê-lî-yā-hū. Elijah N-proper-ms

New American Standard Bible
Now as Obadiah was on the way, behold, Elijah met him, and he recognized him and fell on his face and said, "Is this you, Elijah my master?"

King James Bible
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?

Holman Christian Standard Bible
While Obadiah was walking along the road, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell with his face to the ground and said, "Is it you, my lord Elijah?""

was in the way

1 Kings 11:29 And it came to pass at that time when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, …

he knew

2 Kings 1:6-8 And they said to him, There came a man up to meet us, and said to …

Matthew 3:4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather …

Matthew 11:8 But what went you out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? …

fell on

Genesis 18:2 And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, see, three men stood by …

Genesis 50:18 And his brothers also went and fell down before his face; and they …

1 Samuel 20:41 And as soon as the lad was gone, David arose out of a place toward …

2 Samuel 19:18 And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, …

Isaiah 60:14 The sons also of them that afflicted you shall come bending to you…

my lord Elijah

Genesis 18:12 Therefore Sarah laughed within herself, saying, After I am waxed …

Genesis 44:16,20,33 And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? …

Numbers 12:11 And Aaron said to Moses, Alas, my lord, I beseech you, lay not the …

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