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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - אֲחִיָּה
אֲחִיָּה
H281
Transliteration: ʼĂchîyâh
Pronunciation: akh-ee-yaw
Definition: Ahiah
Original: אחיּהוּ אחיּה Transliteration: 'ăchı̂yâh 'ăchı̂yâhû Phonetic: akh-ee-yaw
BDB Definition:
Ahiah or Ahijah = "brother of Jehovah (Yahu)"- grandson of Phinehas
- scribe of Solomon
- a prophet who predicted the revolt of the Northern tribes
- father of Baasha, who usurped the Northern throne
- grandson of Hezron (or mother of 1-4 above)
- a Benjamite, son of Ehud
- one of David's heroes
- a Levite during David's time
- a chief man under Nehemiah