Strong H298 sensesאֲבִיָּה
Abijah · `his father`
- Transliteration
- 'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {ab-ee-yaw'} ab-ee-yaw'-hoo
Meaning of the name
Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"
The 8 senses of Strong H29
The lexicon tells 8 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H29 appears in 25 verses of the KJV, all senses together.
- Abijahאֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּהH29IKing of Judah, son of Rehoboam15 verses · 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles
- AbijahH29MPriest who sealed Nehemiah's covenant3 verses · Nehemiah
- AbijahH29GSon of Samuel, a corrupt judge2 verses · 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
- AbijahH29HSon of Jeroboam I, died in childhood1 verse · 1 Kings
- `his father`H29JSon of Hezron, born after his father's death1 verse · 1 Chronicles
- AbijahH29KSon of Becher, a Benjaminite1 verse · 1 Chronicles
- AbijahH29LHead of a priestly division during David's reign1 verse · 1 Chronicles
- AbijahH29NMother of King Hezekiah of Judah1 verse · 2 Chronicles
General definition
In the Bible
Translated in the KJV by
- abijah19
- abiah4
- abia1
- begin1
First verses
- 1 Samuel 8:2Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer–sheba.
- 1 Kings 14:1At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
- 1 Chronicles 2:24And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
- 1 Chronicles 3:10And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- 1 Chronicles 6:28And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:8And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
- 1 Chronicles 24:10The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- 2 Chronicles 11:20And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 11:22And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
- 2 Chronicles 12:16And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Chronicles 13:1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 13:2He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
- 2 Chronicles 13:3And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.
- 2 Chronicles 13:4And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
- 2 Chronicles 13:15Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 13:17And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
- 2 Chronicles 13:19And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Beth–el with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrain with the towns thereof.
- 2 Chronicles 13:20Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died.
- 2 Chronicles 13:21But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
- 2 Chronicles 13:22And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.