The baby name Obodas is a Boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced oh-BOH-dəs.
Obodas is Nabataean Aramaic, Semitic in Origin.
The baby name Obodas is a boy name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced oh-BOH-dəs.
Obodas is Nabataean Aramaic, Semitic in Origin.
Obodas is the Greek historical spelling of a Nabataean Aramaic name written 𐢗𐢃𐢅𐢞, transliterated ʿbdt or ʿŌbōdaṯ in inscriptions. Its root is the common Semitic ʿ-b-d, to serve or worship, reflected in Aramaic and Arabic; the final -t is probably a Nabataean nominal or theophoric ending. In this setting the literal sense is best read as worship, service, or one devoted to worship.
The name is chiefly known from Nabataean royal use in the 1st century BCE, especially King Obodas I, and from later inscriptions at Petra, Wadi Musa, and Ein Avdat. Greek authors and inscriptions rendered the name as Obodas, while Arabicizing scholarship gives forms such as ʿUbādah and the place name Avdat preserves a related local form. References to Obodas the god reflect Nabataean cult language, though whether a king or an older deity stood behind it remains debated. Modern use is rare outside historical or archaeological contexts.
We have no record of Obodas in any national birth registry or name dataset. Names like this are usually very rare, tied to a particular region or tradition, or freshly invented. Whichever it is, scarcely anyone else carries it.
| Obodas I Obodas I is best known as a Nabataean king who ruled from 96 to 85 BC. He led the kingdom during the late 2nd and early 1st centuries BC, and some evidence suggests he may have been honored as divine after his death, though scholars are not certain. | Obodas III Obodas III was a king of the Nabataean Kingdom, reigning from 30 to 9 BCE. He is most famous for his role in maintaining the kingdom's independence from the Roman Empire during a time of significant regional upheaval. |
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