Word Study · Strong's H29 · Hebrew
אֲבִיָּה
Abiah
ab-ee-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂbîyâh
“Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses
Rendered in the KJV as
Abiah, Abijah.
- 25occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 5 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 14inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 14
- אֲבִיָּ֥ה5
- אֲבִיָּ֖ה5
- אֲבִיָּ֔ה2
- אֲבִיָּ֜ה2
- לַאֲבִיָּ֖ה2
- אֲבִיָּ֑ה1
- אֲבִיָּה֙1
- אֲבִיָּ֗ה1
- אֲבִיָּה֮1
- אֲבִיָּֽה׃1
- אֲבִיָּ֑הוּ1
- אֲבִיָּ֔הוּ1
and 2 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 5
- Abijah19
- [was] Abijah2
- and Abijah2
- of Abijah1
- to Abijah1
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)21
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 21
- HC/Npm · 2
- HR/Npm · 2
All 25, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Chronicles15 of 25 · 60%
- 1 Chronicles5 of 25 · 20%
- Nehemiah3 of 25 · 12%
- 1 Samuel1 of 25 · 4%
- 1 Kings1 of 25 · 4%
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1 Samuel1 occurrence
1 Kings1 occurrence
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:24אֲבִיָּ֔הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.here: Abijah
- 1 Chronicles 3:10אֲבִיָּ֥הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Solomon’s son was Rehoboam:here: Abijah
- 1 Chronicles 6:28וַאֲבִיָּֽה׃ סvaaviyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.here: and Abijah
- 1 Chronicles 7:8וַאֲבִיָּ֔הvaaviyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The sons of Becher:here: and Abijah
- 1 Chronicles 24:10לַאֲבִיָּ֖הlaaviyahpreposition + proper noun (a name)the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,here: to Abijah
2 Chronicles15 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 11:20אֲבִיָּה֙ʾaviyahproper noun (a name)After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 11:22אֲבִיָּ֥הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 12:16אֲבִיָּ֥הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:1אֲבִיָּ֖הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:2אֲבִיָּ֖הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:3אֲבִיָּ֜הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:4אֲבִיָּ֗הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:15אֲבִיָּ֖הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:17אֲבִיָּ֥הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:19אֲבִיָּה֮ʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:20אֲבִיָּ֑הוּʾaviyahuproper noun (a name)Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:21אֲבִיָּ֔הוּʾaviyahuproper noun (a name)But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 13:22אֲבִיָּ֔הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 14:1אֲבִיָּ֜הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.here: Abijah
- 2 Chronicles 29:1אֲבִיָּ֖הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.here: [was] Abijah
Nehemiah3 occurrences
- Nehemiah 10:7אֲבִיָּ֖הʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,here: Abijah
- Nehemiah 12:4אֲבִיָּֽה׃ʾaviyahproper noun (a name)Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,here: Abijah
- Nehemiah 12:17לַאֲבִיָּ֖הlaaviyahpreposition + proper noun (a name)of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;here: of Abijah