ʼĂbîyâm — H38

Definition

masculine proper noun

Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah

1. Abijam = "my father is the sea" or "Yah(u) is (my) father"
2. king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam

Usually translated as

Abijam

Origin

from H1 and H3220; father of (the) sea (i.e. seaman)

• Derived from ʼâb (H1)
• Derived from Yâm (H3220)

Occurrences

ʼĂbîyâm occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (4)

• 1 Kings 14:31 — And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam (אֲבִיָּ֥ם) his son reigned in his stead.
• 1 Kings 15:1 — Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam (אֲבִיָּ֖ם) over Judah.
• 1 Kings 15:7 — Now the rest of the acts of Abijam (אֲבִיָּם֙), and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
• 1 Kings 15:7 — Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam (אֲבִיָּ֖ם) and Jeroboam.
• 1 Kings 15:8 — And Abijam (אֲבִיָּם֙) slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.