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HebrewH0038Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲבִיָּם

a.viy.yam

4Occurrences
H0038Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Rehoboam (H7346) and Maacah (H4601K); brother of: Attai (H6262I), Ziza (H2124H) and Shelomith (H8019); father of: Asa (H0609); half-brother of: Jeush (H3266K), Shemariah (H8114H) and Zaham (H2093); also called Abijam (KJV: Abia) at ; Another name of a.viy.yah (אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, *אֲבִיָּה *"Abijah" H0029I) § Abijam = "my father is the sea" or "Yah(u) is (my) father" king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲבִיָּם appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
4

Key Passages

1 Kings 14:31BSB

And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.

1 Kings 15:1BSB

In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,

1 Kings 15:7BSB

As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, 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 15:8BSB

And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.

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