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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֲבִיָּה
אֲבִיָּה
H29
Transliteration: ʼĂbîyâh
Pronunciation: ab-ee-yaw'
Definition: Abiah
Original: אביּהוּ אביּה Transliteration: 'ăbı̂yâh 'ăbı̂yâhû Phonetic: ab-ee-yaw'
BDB Definition:
Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"- king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam
- second son of Samuel
- son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel
- son of Becher, a Benjamite
- head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)
- head of a priestly house (after the exile)
- wife of Hezron
- mother of Hezekiah (compare H21" class="dictionary-topic-link">H21)