STRONGS NUMBER H281


Word Summary
Achiyyah: "brother of Yah", an Israelite name
Original Word: אֲחִיָּה
Transliteration: Achiyyah
Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-yaw)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "brother of Yah", an Israelite name
Meaning: Ahijah -- "brother of Yah", an Israelite name
Strong's Concordance
Ahiah, Ahijah

Or (prolonged) pachiyahuw {akh-ee-yaw'-hoo}; from 'ach and Yahh; brother (i.e. Worshipper) of Jah; Achijah, the name of nine Israelites -- Ahiah, Ahijah.

see HEBREW 'ach

see HEBREW Yahh

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H281. Achiyyah

אֲחִיָּה אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ,‎ (always, except where other form noted), אֲחִי

proper name, masculine (brother of Yah(u), compare Phoenician חמלךbrother of Milk, & especially אחתמלךsister of Milk, where אחת‎ must be construct since מלך‎ is a male deity; compare Carthaginian חתמלקרת‎ Eut213).

1 a priest 1 Samuel 14:3, 18.

2 Scribe 1 Kings 4:3.

3 Prophet 1 Kings 11:29-30, 12:15; 14:2, 4; 15:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29; 1 Kings 14:4-5, 6, 18; 2 Chronicles 10:15 (last five אֲחִיָהוּ‎ ).

4 father of king Baasha 1 Kings 15:27, 33; 21:22; 2 Kings 9:9 .

5 grandson of Hezron 1 Chronicles 2:25, or perhaps proper name, feminine, mother of preceding four, compare Be.

6 son of Ehud, of Benj. 1 Chronicles 8:7 = אֲחוֺחַ‎, 8:4.

7 one of David's heroes 1 Chronicles 11:36.

8 a Levite, David's time 1 Chronicles 26:20 .

9 a chief man under Nehem. Nehemiah 10:27.

10 a Gadite 1 Chronicles 5:15 (אֲחִי‎).

11 a man of Asher 1 Chronicles 7:34 (id.)