H38 אֲבִיָּם
ʼĂbîyâm — Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah
KJV: Abijam.
Built from אָב ʼâb (father) + יָם yâm (a sea) — means “father of (the) sea (i.e. seaman)”
Occurs 5 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 Kings 14:31 — Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in David’s city. His mother’s name was Naamah the…
- 1 Kings 15:1 — Now in the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam the son of Nebat, Abijam began to reign over Judah.
- 1 Kings 15:7 — The rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of…
- 1 Kings 15:8 — Abijam slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place.