Abiá — G7

Definition

masculine proper noun

Abijah, the name of two Israelites

1. a king of Judah, son of Rehoboam
2. a priest, the head of a sacerdotal family, from whom, when David divided the priests into twenty-four classes , the class Abia, the eighth in order, took its name

Usually translated as

Abia

Origin

of Hebrew origin (H29)

Hebrew equivalents

• ʼĂbîyâh (H29)

Occurrences

Abiá occurs 3 times in 2 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (1), Luke (1)

• Matthew 1:7 — And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia (Ἀβιά); and Abia begat Asa;
• Matthew 1:7 — And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia (Ἀβιά) begat Asa;
• Luke 1:5 — There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judæa, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of (Ἀβιά) Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.