Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H281
אֲחִיָּה
Achiahakh-ee-yaw
Ahijah
24 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʼĂchîyâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H281is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 19spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H281
Achijah, the name of nine Israelites
The King James renders it: Ahiah, Ahijah.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Achiah is rendered "Ahijah". It stands 24 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 14:3including 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.
- The Greek text spells it nineteen different ways.
The first use
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.
1 Samuel 14:3וַאֲחִיָּ֣ה
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's twenty-four uses are in 1 Kings.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Ahijah18
- and Ahijah4
- and Ahiah1
- to Ahijah1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| אֲחִידָה | achidah | riddle | Uses1 |
| אֲחִירָמִי | Achirami | Ahiramite | Uses1 |
The words it stands beside
All 24, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
19 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- אֲחִיָּ֣ה3
- אֲחִיָּ֑ה2
- אֲחִיָּֽה׃2
- וַאֲחִיָּ֛ה2
- אֲחִיָּה֩1
- אֲחִיָּ֔ה1
- אֲחִיָּה֙1
- אֲחִיָּ֥ה1
- אֲחִיָּ֤ה1
- אֲחִיָּ֖ה1
- אֲחִיָּ֗ה1
- אֲחִיָּ֗הוּ1
and 7 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)18HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)5HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1HR/Npm
1 Samuel
two uses
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.
- וַאֲחִיָּ֣הvaachiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahijah
Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.)
- לַֽאֲחִיָּ֔הlaachiyahpreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Ahijah
1 Kings
fourteen uses
Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were secretaries; Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the recorder;
- וַאֲחִיָּ֛הvaachiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּה֩ʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
And Ahijah took hold of the new cloak he was wearing, tore it into twelve pieces,
- אֲחִיָּ֔הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּ֣הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּ֣הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּ֑הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
- וַאֲחִיָּ֙הוּ֙vaachiyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahijah
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.”
- אֲחִיָּ֗הוּʾachiyahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּ֜הוּʾachiyahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּ֥הוּʾachiyahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּה֙ʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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,
- אֲחִיָּ֥הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּ֤הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.’
- אֲחִיָּ֑הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
2 Kings
one use
I will make the house of Ahab like the houses of Jeroboam son of Nebat and Baasha son of Ahijah.
- אֲחִיָּֽה׃ʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
1 Chronicles
four uses
The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:
- אֲחִיָּֽה׃ʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
- וַאֲחִיָּ֛הvaachiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahijah
Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,
- אֲחִיָּ֖הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
Now their fellow Levites were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated things.
- אֲחִיָּ֗הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
2 Chronicles
two uses
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?
- אֲחִיָּ֣הʾachiyahproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
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.
- אֲחִיָּ֣הוּʾachiyahuproper noun (a name)tagged: Ahijah
Nehemiah
one use
Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
- וַאֲחִיָּ֥הvaachiyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ahiah
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.