Obadiah - What does it mean?

Well a couple of days ago I had the tv turned to ABC3 cause there was nothing else on tv and it just happened that Ironman was on and I noticed that the bad dude (I think he's the bad dude) was called Obadiah Stane, so I thought maybe that's where Obadiah got his name from, so I decided to google his name, what I found was way more interesting on wikipedia.

"Obadiah (Hebrew: Ovadyah עובדיה‎) is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh."[1] It is cognate to the Arabic name ‘Abdullah. Another similar name in Arabic is Obaidullah/ `Ubaydullah (Arabic: عبيد الله‎) is a male Arabic given name that means "little servant of Allah". The form of his name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is Abdias. The Bishops' Bible has it as Abdi." - Wikipedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obadiah

I assume that this name is intended to display great irony, a warlock named Worshipper of God (well along those lines).

I just thought it was interesting and thought I'd share cause I'm bored.

Should have seen that coming -_-

I don't get the picture

@Fenthis are you referring to the picture or my post?

NO lanky NO
thats a bad lanky

I just know that I'm the only 'Earisa'. Hurray for original names!



The closest match is 'Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA)'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_Retirement_Income_Security_Act

Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 i love you

There's 2 Khiaraia but thats because I'm like Varian I got split into 2.

For Lanky...


Double rainbow? what does it mean?!

Lux wrote:

Well, a "double rainbow" is a phenomenon of optics that displays a spectrum of light due to the sun shining on droplets of moisture in the atmosphere. Does that explain it?"

Therefore

A "double OBADIAH" is a phenomenon of WARLOCK that displays a CHAOS BOLT due to the DPS METER on RAID BOSSES in the ICECROWN CITADEL. Does that explain it?

Yep, that makes perfect sense.

Obadiah is the shortest book in the Bible, Also another translation of the meaning of his name is "messenger of God" I was aware of the Villain Obadiah, But that is not what I named him after, I am surprised how many people don't actually know how to pronounce the name, it's Oh-Bad-eye-ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! (minor exaggeration) Well that is the American pronunciation, so ill go with that. And yes I chose it due to the face that the name is pretty much holy in every way, yet i made him the most evil character possible... (horde, undead, warlock) <most evil combo. But also because it suits an old wise wizard. And the fact that its a real name... Personally I hate all shatty names like irundeadzorandwantyouinthepants... etc. Also possibly thinking of Xfering to Wyrmrest Accord, Aka best role-playing server, not because of the role-playing, just the general immersion, and maturity of the player base, EVERYONE IS SO NICE! But I like this guild, so either that or I make my first proper Alt, If I do, YOU SHOULD COME WITH ME KHIA! (as in make a new toon)

Obadiah wrote:

...yet i made him the most evil character possible... (horde, undead, warlock) <most evil combo.

Incorrect.
Priests are more evil
Point in case:
"What's that? you want me to keep the raid ALIVE?! A HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Obadiah wrote:

YOU SHOULD COME WITH ME KHIA! (as in make a new toon)

I fail at RPing, so I don't know

How is a priest more evil? I know there is the whole shadow priest thing, but I disagree that they are more evil... I mean what has a shadow priest done in WoW and Warcraft lore? http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/534914-world-of-warcraft/55810470/615986481 < and this thread as lame as it is backs that up and so does all the lore I have read. Everything shadow priests do just seems to be a watered down version of a warlock.

http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/534914-world-of-warcraft/52538478 < again, and on all the forums I have read, it has been undead, warlock. But now I am beginning to think that you were joking anyway seeing that I just read the main point of your case ;P "What's that? you want me to keep the raid ALIVE?! A HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

I disagree, imo I see warlocks as just mages abusing a different power, that being fel rather than arcane (if there's even such a thing as fel magic), while shadow priests spells are designed to crush a person mentally and dominate their minds, but that's just my opinion

I could argue this for ages, but my attention span is way too short. Bring it up on the wow forums, I can bet you will be handed a slice of "you just got dominated" pie.