ʼĂbîyâh — H29

H29 · Hebrew — אביה

Pronunciation: ab-ee-yaw'

Other spellings: ʼĂbîyâhûw אֲבִיָּהוּ

Definition

masculine proper noun

Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

  1. Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"
  2. king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam
  3. second son of Samuel
  4. son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel
  5. son of Becher, a Benjamite
  6. head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)
  7. head of a priestly house (after the exile)
  8. wife of Hezron
  9. mother of Hezekiah (cf H021)

Usually translated as

Abijah, Abiah

Origin

or prolonged ʼĂbîyâhûw ; from H1 and H3050; father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼĂbîyâh occurs 25 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (15), Nehemiah (3)

Strong's Lexicon — A