אֲבִיָּה

a.viy.yahAbijah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man25 occurrences5 books25 verses
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.

Glossary entries

Abijam Abijah Abiah Abia Abi

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

25 total
  1. 1 Samuel 8:2אֲבִיָּ֑ה · was Abijah
    The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
  2. 1 Kings 14:1אֲבִיָּ֥ה · Abijah
    At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:24אֲבִיָּ֔ה · Abijah
    After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
  4. 1 Chronicles 3:10אֲבִיָּ֥ה · Abijah [was]
    Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:28וַאֲבִיָּֽה׃ס · and Abijah
    The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.
  6. 1 Chronicles 7:8וַאֲבִיָּ֔ה · Abijah
    The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.
  7. 1 Chronicles 24:10לַאֲבִיָּ֖ה · to Abijah
    …the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
  8. 2 Chronicles 11:20אֲבִיָּה֙ · Abijah
    After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
  9. 2 Chronicles 11:22אֲבִיָּ֥ה · Abijah
    Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
  10. 2 Chronicles 12:16אֲבִיָּ֥ה · Abijah
    And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
  11. 2 Chronicles 13:1אֲבִיָּ֖ה · Abijah
    In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
  12. 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.
  13. 2 Chronicles 13:3אֲבִיָּ֜ה · Abijah
    Abijah 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.
  14. 2 Chronicles 13:4אֲבִיָּ֗ה · Then Abijah
    Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
  15. 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.
  16. 2 Chronicles 13:17אֲבִיָּ֥ה · Then Abijah
    Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
  17. 2 Chronicles 13:19אֲבִיָּה֮ · Abijah
    Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
  18. 2 Chronicles 13:20אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ · of Abijah
    Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.
  19. 2 Chronicles 13:21אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ · But Abijah
    But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
  20. 2 Chronicles 13:22אֲבִיָּ֔ה · of Abijah
    Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.
  21. 2 Chronicles 14:1אֲבִיָּ֜ה · Then Abijah
    Then 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.
  22. 2 Chronicles 29:1אֲבִיָּ֖ה · was Abijah
    Hezekiah 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.
  23. Nehemiah 10:7אֲבִיָּ֖ה · Abijah
    Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
  24. Nehemiah 12:4אֲבִיָּֽה׃ · Abijah
    Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
  25. Nehemiah 12:17לַאֲבִיָּ֖ה · of Abijah
    …of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;