STRONGS G7:
Ἀβιά, indeclinable proper name (
Josephus, Antiquities 7, 10, 3; 8, 10, 1
ὁ Ἀβίας [
Winer's Grammar, § 6, 1 m.],
-α),
אֲבִיָה and
אֲבִיָהוּ (my father is Jehovah),
Abia (or Abijah, cf.
B. D. under the word],
1. a king of Judah, son of Rehoboam:
Matthew 1:7 (
1 Kings 14:31;
1 Kings 15:1).
2. a priest, the head of a sacerdotal family, from whom, when David divided the priests into twenty-four classes (
1 Chronicles 24:10), the class
Abia, the eighth in order, took its name:
Luke 1:5.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's
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1 Kings
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14:31; 15:1
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1 Chronicles
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24:10
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Matthew
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1:7
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Luke
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1:5