Strong's H29 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אֲבִיָּה (ʼĂbîyâh)

Pronunciation: ab-ee-yaw'

Morphology: n-pr-m

Name Meaning: Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"

Derivation: or prolonged אֲבִיָּהוּ (ʼĂbîyâhûw) ; from אָב (ʼâb) [H1] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;

Definition: Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

KJV Renderings: Abiah, Abijah.

Senses

1. king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam
2. second son of Samuel
3. son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel
4. son of Becher, a Benjamite
5. head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)
6. head of a priestly house (after the exile)
7. wife of Hezron
8. mother of Hezekiah (cf H021)

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.