King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H29
Transliteration: Abiyyah
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah is my father", an Israelite name
Meaning: Abijah -- "Yah is my father", an Israelite name
Word Summary
Abiyyah: "Yah is my father", an Israelite name
Original Word: אֲבִיָּהTransliteration: Abiyyah
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-yaw')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "Yah is my father", an Israelite name
Meaning: Abijah -- "Yah is my father", an Israelite name
Strong's Concordance
Abiah, Abijah Or prolonged Abiyahuw {ab-ee-yaw'-hoo}; from 'ab and Yahh; father (i.e. Worshipper) of Jah; Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses -- Abiah, Abijah.
see HEBREW 'ab
see HEBREW Yahh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H29. Abiyyah
אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ proper name, masculine & feminine (Yah(u) is (my) father) — so 2 Chronicles 13:20-21, = אֲבִיָּם 1 Kings 14:31; 15:1, 7 (twice in verse); 15:8 (ᵐ5 Ἀβιου, Ἀβια); = אֲבִי 2 Kings 18:2 (ᵐ5 Ἀβου, Ἀβουθ); = אֲבִיָּה 1 Samuel 8:2 22t. —
1 king of Judah, son & successor of Rehoboam 1 Kings 14:31; 15:1, 7 (twice in verse); 15:8; 1 Chronicles 3:10; 2 Chronicles 11:20, 22; 12:16; 13:1-2, 3, 4, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22; 2 Chronicles 13:23.
2 2nd son of Samuel 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:13.
3 son of Jerob. I 1 Kings 14:1.
4 son of Becher, a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 7:8.
5 head of a priestly house 1 Chronicles 24:10.
6 id. Nehemiah 10:8; 12:4, 17.
7 wife of Hezron 1 Chronicles 2:24.
8 mother of Hezekiah 2 Kings 18:2; 2 Chronicles 29:1.