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אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ

a.chiy.yahAhijah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man24 occurrences6 books23 verses
This name belongs to 9 different people in the Bible:
  • Ahiah: Priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
  • Ahijah: One of David's mighty men, the Pelonite
  • Ahijah: Son of Jerahmeel, from the tribe of Judah
  • Ahijah: Levite in charge of the treasuries of the temple
  • Ahijah: Son of Ehud, from the tribe of Benjamin
  • Ahijah: Prophet from Shiloh who prophesied to Jeroboam
  • Ahijah: Father of Baasha, king of Israel
  • Ahijah: Son of Seraiah (or 'Shisha'), a scribe during Solomon's reign
  • Ahimelech: High Priest at Nob who helped David, killed by Saul

Definition

or (prolonged) אֲחִיָּהוּ ; from H251 and H3050; brother (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Achijah, the name of nine Israelites
Traditional renderings: Ahiah, Ahijah.

Glossary entries

Ahijah Ahimelech Ahiah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

24 total
  1. 1 Samuel 14:3וַאֲחִיָּ֣ה · including Ahijah
    …including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.
  2. 1 Samuel 14:18לַֽאֲחִיָּ֔ה · to Ahijah
    Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
  3. 1 Kings 4:3וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה · and Ahijah
    Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
  4. 1 Kings 11:29אֲחִיָּה֩ · Ahijah
    During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.
  5. 1 Kings 11:30אֲחִיָּ֔ה · And Ahijah
    And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
  6. 1 Kings 12:15אֲחִיָּ֣ה · Ahijah
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.
  7. 1 Kings 14:2אֲחִיָּ֣ה · Ahijah
    …and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.
  8. 1 Kings 14:4 (2×)אֲחִיָּ֑ה · at Ahijah’s; וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙ · Now Ahijah
    Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.
  9. 1 Kings 14:5אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ · Ahijah
    But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”
  10. 1 Kings 14:6אֲחִיָּ֜הוּ · when Ahijah
    So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.
  11. 1 Kings 14:18אֲחִיָּ֥הוּ · Ahijah
    And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.
  12. 1 Kings 15:27אֲחִיָּה֙ · of Ahijah
    Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.
  13. 1 Kings 15:29אֲחִיָּ֥ה · Ahijah
    As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone who breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,
  14. 1 Kings 15:33אֲחִיָּ֤ה · of Ahijah
    In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.
  15. 1 Kings 21:22אֲחִיָּ֑ה · of Ahijah
    I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’
  16. 2 Kings 9:9אֲחִיָּֽה׃ · of Ahijah
    I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
  17. 1 Chronicles 2:25אֲחִיָּֽה׃ · and Ahijah
    The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
  18. 1 Chronicles 8:7וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה · Ahijah
    Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
  19. 1 Chronicles 11:36אֲחִיָּ֖ה · Ahijah
    Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
  20. 1 Chronicles 26:20אֲחִיָּ֗ה
    Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
  21. 2 Chronicles 9:29אֲחִיָּ֣ה · of Ahijah
    As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?
  22. 2 Chronicles 10:15אֲחִיָּ֣הוּ · Ahijah
    So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.
  23. Nehemiah 10:26וַאֲחִיָּ֥ה · Ahijah
    Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,