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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"
  1. king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam
  2. second son of Samuel
  3. son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel
  4. son of Becher, a Benjamite
  5. head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)
  6. head of a priestly house (after the exile)
  7. wife of Hezron
  8. mother of Hezekiah (compare H21" class="dictionary-topic-link">H21)

Origin: from H1" class="dictionary-topic-link">H1 and H3050" class="dictionary-topic-link">H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine


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