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.

  1. Abijahאֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּהH29IKing of Judah, son of Rehoboam15 verses · 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles
  2. AbijahH29MPriest who sealed Nehemiah's covenant3 verses · Nehemiah
  3. AbijahH29GSon of Samuel, a corrupt judge2 verses · 1 Samuel, 1 Chronicles
  4. AbijahH29HSon of Jeroboam I, died in childhood1 verse · 1 Kings
  5. `his father`H29JSon of Hezron, born after his father's death1 verse · 1 Chronicles
  6. AbijahH29KSon of Becher, a Benjaminite1 verse · 1 Chronicles
  7. AbijahH29LHead of a priestly division during David's reign1 verse · 1 Chronicles
  8. AbijahH29NMother of King Hezekiah of Judah1 verse · 2 Chronicles

General definition

From H1 and H3050; father (that is worshipper) of Jah;
{Abijah} the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses: - {Abiah} Abijah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • abijah19
  • abiah4
  • abia1
  • begin1

First verses

  1. 1 Samuel 8:2
    Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beer–sheba.
  2. 1 Kings 14:1
    At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:24
    And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
  4. 1 Chronicles 3:10
    And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
  5. 1 Chronicles 6:28
    And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
  6. 1 Chronicles 7:8
    And 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.
  7. 1 Chronicles 24:10
    The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
  8. 2 Chronicles 11:20
    And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
  9. 2 Chronicles 11:22
    And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
  10. 2 Chronicles 12:16
    And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
  11. 2 Chronicles 13:1
    Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
  12. 2 Chronicles 13:2
    He 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.
  13. 2 Chronicles 13:3
    And 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.
  14. 2 Chronicles 13:4
    And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
  15. 2 Chronicles 13:15
    Then 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.
  16. 2 Chronicles 13:17
    And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
  17. 2 Chronicles 13:19
    And 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.
  18. 2 Chronicles 13:20
    Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the Lord struck him, and he died.
  19. 2 Chronicles 13:21
    But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
  20. 2 Chronicles 13:22
    And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.