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the Week of Proper 26 / Ordinary 31

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Strong's #29 - אֲבִיָּהוּ

Transliteration

ʼĂbîyâh

Phonetics

ab-ee-yaw', ab-ee-yaw'-hoo

Origin

from (H1) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' 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 (cf Strong's #21)

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

BSB (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

CSB (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

ESV (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

KJV (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

LEB (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

LSB (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

N95 (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

NAS (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (25)

1 Samuel 1

1 Kings 1

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 15

Nehemiah 3

ASV (25)

abijah 7

and abijah 6

and the second abijah 1

began abijah 1

between abijah 1

but abijah 1

him abijah 1

of abijah 3

so abijah 1

then abijah 1

to abijah 1

was abijah 1

BSB (25)

abijah 13

abijah was 1

and abijah 1

but abijah 1

of abijah 3

then abijah 3

to abijah 1

was abijah 2

CSB (25)

abijah 22

abijah's 2

was abijah 1

ESV (25)

abijah 24

father 1

KJV (25)

abia 1

abiah 4

abijah 20

LEB (25)

abijah 13

and abijah 6

but abijah 1

of abijah 1

then abijah 1

to abijah 1

was abijah 2

LSB (25)

abijah 25

N95 (25)

abijah 25

NAS (25)

abijah 25

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (25)

abijah 11

and abijah 2

and the second abijah 1

began abijah 1

between abijah 1

but abijah 1

him abijah 1

of abijah 3

so abijah 1

then abijah 1

to abijah 1

was abijah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ proper name, masculine & feminine ( Yah(u) is (my) father) — so 2 Chronicles 13:20,21 = אֲבִיָּם 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1,7 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 15:8 (ᵐ5 Ἀβιου, Ἀβια); = אֲבִי 2 Kings 18:2 (ᵐ5 Ἀβου, Ἀβουθ); = אֲבִיָּה 1 Samuel 8:2 22t. —

1 king of Judah, son & successor of Rehoboam 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1,7 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 15:8; 1 Chronicles 3:10; 2 Chronicles 11:20,22; 12:16; 13:1,2,3,4,15,17,19,20,21,22; 2 Chronicles 13:23.

2 2nd son of Samuel 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:13.

3 son of Jerob. I: 1 Kings 14:1.

4 son of Becher, a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 7:8.

5 head of a priestly house 1 Chronicles 24:10.

6 id. Nehemiah 10:8; Nehemiah 12:4,17.

7 wife of Hezron 1 Chronicles 2:24.

8 mother of Hezekiah 2 Kings 18:2; 2 Chronicles 29:1.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אֲבִיָּהוּ (“whose father is Jehovah”) and אֲבִיָּה (id.), pr.n. Abijah, king of Judah, the son and successor of Rehoboam, 2 Ch, 13:1, sqq. constantly written אֲבִיָּם in Kings: 1 Kings 14:31, 15:1, 1 Kings 15:7, 1 Kings 15:8, “father of the sea,” i.e. maritime man.

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List of Word Forms

אֲבִיָּ֑ה אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ אֲבִיָּ֔ה אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ אֲבִיָּ֖ה אֲבִיָּ֗ה אֲבִיָּ֜ה אֲבִיָּ֥ה אֲבִיָּֽה׃ אֲבִיָּה֙ אֲבִיָּה֮ אביה אביה׃ אביהו וַאֲבִיָּ֔ה וַאֲבִיָּֽה׃ ואביה ואביה׃ לַאֲבִיָּ֖ה לאביה ’ă·ḇî·yā·hū ’ă·ḇî·yāh ’ăḇîyāh ’ăḇîyāhū aviYah aviYahu la’ăḇîyāh la·’ă·ḇî·yāh laaviYah vaaviYah wa’ăḇîyāh wa·’ă·ḇî·yāh