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HebrewH0029Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲבִיָּה

a.viy.yah

22Occurrences
H0029Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Samuel (H8050); brother of: Joel (H3100) § Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father" second son of Samuel

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲבִיָּה appears 22 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Chronicles
14
1 Chronicles
4
Nehemiah
2
1 Kings
1
1 Samuel
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 2:24BSB

After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

1 Kings 14:1BSB

At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

2 Chronicles 12:16BSB

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.

2 Chronicles 13:4BSB

Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

2 Chronicles 13:20BSB

Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.

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