אַיָּה

ay.yahAiah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man6 occurrences3 books6 verses
This name belongs to 2 different people in the Bible:
  • Aiah: Father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine
  • Aiah: Son of Zibeon the Hivite, brother of Anah

Definition

the same as H344; Ajah, the name of two Israelites
Traditional renderings: Aiah, Ajah.

Glossary entries

Aiah Ajah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

6 total
  1. Genesis 36:24וְאַיָּ֣ה · Aiah
    These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
  2. 2 Samuel 3:7אַיָּ֑ה · of Aiah
    Now Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
  3. 2 Samuel 21:8אַיָּה֙ · of Aiah
    But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
  4. 2 Samuel 21:10אַיָּ֨ה · of Aiah
    And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
  5. 2 Samuel 21:11אַיָּ֖ה · of Aiah
    When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,
  6. 1 Chronicles 1:40אַיָּ֥ה · Aiah
    The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.