Word Study · Strong's H281 · Hebrew
אֲחִיָּה
Achiah
akh-ee-yaw
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂchîyâh
“Achijah, the name of nine Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Achijah, the name of nine Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Ahiah, Ahijah.
- 24occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 19inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 24 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 19
- אֲחִיָּ֣ה3
- אֲחִיָּ֑ה2
- אֲחִיָּֽה׃2
- וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה2
- אֲחִיָּה֩1
- אֲחִיָּ֔ה1
- אֲחִיָּה֙1
- אֲחִיָּ֥ה1
- אֲחִיָּ֤ה1
- אֲחִיָּ֖ה1
- אֲחִיָּ֗ה1
- אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 4
- Ahijah18
- and Ahijah4
- and Ahiah1
- to Ahijah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)18
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)5
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 18
- HC/Npm · 5
- HR/Npm · 1
All 24, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Kings14 of 24 · 58%
- 1 Chronicles4 of 24 · 17%
- 1 Samuel2 of 24 · 8%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 24 · 8%
- 2 Kings1 of 24 · 4%
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1 Samuel2 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 14:3וַאֲחִיָּ֣הvaachiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)including Ahijah, who was wearing an ephod. He was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub son of Phinehas, the son of Eli the priest of the LORD in Shiloh. But the troops did not know that Jonathan had left.here: and Ahijah
- 1 Samuel 14:18לַֽאֲחִיָּ֔הlaachiyahpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)here: to Ahijah
1 Kings14 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:3וַאֲחִיָּ֛הvaachiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;here: and Ahijah
- 1 Kings 11:29אֲחִיָּה֩ʾachiyahproper noun (a name)During that time, the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met Jeroboam on the road as he was going out of Jerusalem. Now Ahijah had wrapped himself in a new cloak, and the two of them were alone in the open field.here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 11:30אֲחִיָּ֔הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 12:15אֲחִיָּ֣הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from the LORD, to fulfill the word He had spoken to Jeroboam son of Nebat through Ahijah the Shilonite.here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 14:2אֲחִיָּ֣הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)and Jeroboam said to his wife, “Now get up, disguise yourself so they will not recognize you as my wife, and go to Shiloh. For Ahijah the prophet is there; it was he who spoke about my kingship over this people.here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 14:4אֲחִיָּ֑הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 14:4וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙vaachiyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Jeroboam’s wife did as instructed; she arose and went to Shiloh and arrived at Ahijah’s house. Now Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were dim because of his age.here: and Ahijah
- 1 Kings 14:5אֲחִיָּ֗הוּʾachiyahuproper noun (a name)But the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Behold, the wife of Jeroboam is coming to ask you about her son, for he is ill. You are to say such and such to her, because when she arrives, she will be disguised.”here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 14:6אֲחִיָּ֜הוּʾachiyahuproper noun (a name)So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet entering the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you disguised? For I have been sent to you with bad news.here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 14:18אֲחִיָּ֥הוּʾachiyahuproper noun (a name)And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 15:27אֲחִיָּה֙ʾachiyahproper noun (a name)Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 15:29אֲחִיָּ֥הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 15:33אֲחִיָּ֤הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)In the third year of Asa’s reign over Judah, Baasha son of Ahijah became king of all Israel, and he reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.here: Ahijah
- 1 Kings 21:22אֲחִיָּ֑הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)I will make your house like that of Jeroboam son of Nebat and like that of Baasha son of Ahijah, because you have provoked My anger and caused Israel to sin.’here: Ahijah
2 Kings1 occurrence
1 Chronicles4 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:25אֲחִיָּֽה׃ʾachiyahproper noun (a name)The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:here: Ahijah
- 1 Chronicles 8:7וַאֲחִיָּ֛הvaachiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.here: and Ahijah
- 1 Chronicles 11:36אֲחִיָּ֖הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,here: Ahijah
- 1 Chronicles 26:20אֲחִיָּ֗הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.here: Ahijah
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 9:29אֲחִיָּ֣הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)As for the rest of the acts of Solomon, from beginning to end, are they not written in the Records of Nathan the Prophet, in the Prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the Visions of Iddo the Seer concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat?here: Ahijah
- 2 Chronicles 10:15אֲחִיָּ֣הוּʾachiyahuproper noun (a name)So the king did not listen to the people, and indeed this turn of events was from God, in order that the LORD might fulfill the word that He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam son of Nebat.here: Ahijah