Strong's Hebrew · H29

אֲבִיָּה

ʼĂbîyâh · ab-ee-yaw'

Abiah, Abijah.

Definition

Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

Derivation

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

Appears 25 times in Scripture

1 Samuel 8:2

The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.

2 Chronicles 29:1

Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.

1 Chronicles 3:10

Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

1 Chronicles 7:8

The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.

1 Chronicles 2:24

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

1 Chronicles 6:28

The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.

2 Chronicles 11:20

After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

1 Chronicles 24:10

the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

2 Chronicles 11:22

Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.

1 Kings 14:1

At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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