H29 אֲבִיָּה
ʼĂbîyâh — Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses
KJV: Abiah, Abijah.
Built from אָב ʼâb (father) + יָהּ Yâhh (Jah, the sacred name) — means “father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah”
Occurs 25 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ n.pr.m. & f. (Yah(u) is (my) father)—so † 2 Ch 13:20, 21 = אֲבִיָּם † 1 K 14:31 15:1, 7, 7, 8 (𝔊,); = אֲבִי † 2 K 18:2 (𝔊,); = אֲבִיָּה 1 S 8:2 22 t.—
- 1 king of Judah, son & successor of Rehoboam
- 2 2nd son of Samuel
- 3 son of Jerob.
- 4 son of Becher, a Benjamite
- 5 head of a priestly house
- 6 id.
- 7 wife of Hezron
- 8 mother of Hezekiah
Where it occurs
- 1 Samuel 8:2 — Now the name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
- 1 Kings 14:1 — At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam became sick.
- Nehemiah 10:8 — Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
- Nehemiah 12:4 — Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,
- Nehemiah 12:17 — of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 — After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10 — Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:13 — The sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8 — The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were…
- 1 Chronicles 24:10 — the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,