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HebrewH0281Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ

a.chiy.yah

22Occurrences
H0281Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Achijah, the name of nine Israelites

or (prolonged) אֲחִיָּהוּ ; from H251 (אָח) and H3050 (יָהּ); brother (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, only mentioned at ; son of: Seraiah (H8304); brother of: Elihoreph (H0456) § Ahiah or Ahijah = "brother of Jehovah (Yahu)" 1) grandson of Phinehas 2) scribe of Solomon 3) a prophet who predicted the revolt of the Northern tribes 4) father of Baasha, who usurped the Northern throne 5) grandson of Hezron (or mother of 1-4 above) 6) a Benjamite, son of ) one of David's heroes 8) a Levite during David's time 9) a chief man under Nehemiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ appears 22 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
13
1 Chronicles
4
1 Samuel
2
2 Chronicles
2
2 Kings
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:36BSB

Hepher the Mecherathite,Ahijah the Pelonite,

1 Kings 11:29BSB

During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.

1 Kings 14:4BSB

Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.

1 Kings 15:27BSB

Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.

1 Kings 4:3BSB

Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries;Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.