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Abihud
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Abihud', אֲבַיהוּד , father [i.e. possessor] of renown, q. d. Πάτροκλος; Sept. and N.T. ‘Αβιούδ ), the name of two men.
1. One of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:3); apparently the same elsewhere called AHIHUD (See AHIHUD) (ver. 7). B.C. post 1856. (See JACOB).
2. The great-great-grandson of Zerubbabel, and father of Eliakim, among the paternal ancestry of Jesus (Matthew 1:13, where the name is Anglicized "Aliud"); apparently the same with the JUDA (See JUDA) , son of Joanna and father of Joseph in the maternal line (Luke 3:26); and also with OBADIAH (See OBADIAH) , son of Arnan and father of Shechaniah in the O.T. (1 Chronicles 3:21). B.C. ante 410. (See Strong's Harmony and Expos. of the Gosp. p. 16.) Comp. (See HODAIAH).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Abihud'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/a/abihud.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
