This name belongs to 8 different people in the Bible:
- Abi: Mother of King Hezekiah of Judah
- Abiah: Wife of Hezron, who gave birth after he died
- Abijah: Head of a priestly division during David's reign
- Abijah: Son of Becher, a Benjaminite
- Abijah: Son of Jeroboam I, died in childhood
- Abijah: King of Judah, son of Rehoboam
- Abijah: Son of Samuel, a corrupt judge
- Abijah: Priest who sealed Nehemiah's covenant
Definition
or prolonged אֲבִיָּהוּ ; from H1 and H3050; father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses
Traditional renderings: Abiah, Abijah.
Traditional renderings: Abiah, Abijah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
25 total
- 1 Samuel 8:2אֲבִיָּ֑ה · was AbijahThe name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
- 1 Kings 14:1אֲבִיָּ֥ה · AbijahAt that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
- 1 Chronicles 2:24אֲבִיָּ֔ה · AbijahAfter Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10אֲבִיָּ֥ה · Abijah [was]Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:28וַאֲבִיָּֽה׃ס · and AbijahThe sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8וַאֲבִיָּ֔ה · AbijahThe sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.
- 1 Chronicles 24:10לַאֲבִיָּ֖ה · to Abijah…the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- 2 Chronicles 11:20אֲבִיָּה֙ · AbijahAfter her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 11:22אֲבִיָּ֥ה · AbijahRehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
- 2 Chronicles 12:16אֲבִיָּ֥ה · AbijahAnd Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
- 2 Chronicles 13:1אֲבִיָּ֖ה · AbijahIn the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
- 2 Chronicles 13:2אֲבִיָּ֖ה · Abijah…and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 13:3אֲבִיָּ֜ה · AbijahAbijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
- 2 Chronicles 13:4אֲבִיָּ֗ה · Then AbijahThen Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
- 2 Chronicles 13:15אֲבִיָּ֖ה · Abijah…and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 13:17אֲבִיָּ֥ה · Then AbijahThen Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
- 2 Chronicles 13:19אֲבִיָּה֮ · AbijahAbijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
- 2 Chronicles 13:20אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ · of AbijahJeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ · But AbijahBut Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 13:22אֲבִיָּ֔ה · of AbijahNow the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.
- 2 Chronicles 14:1אֲבִיָּ֜ה · Then AbijahThen Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
- 2 Chronicles 29:1אֲבִיָּ֖ה · was AbijahHezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
- Nehemiah 10:7אֲבִיָּ֖ה · AbijahMeshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
- Nehemiah 12:4אֲבִיָּֽה׃ · AbijahIddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
- Nehemiah 12:17לַאֲבִיָּ֖ה · of Abijah…of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;