Strong H29H29Lאֲבִיָּה
Abijah
One of the 8 senses of Strong H29
- Transliteration
- 'ăbîyâh 'ăbîyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {ab-ee-yaw'} ab-ee-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.24.10
Also named: Abia (Ἀβιά "Abijah" G7H)
Also named: Abia (Ἀβιά "Abijah" G7H)
Meaning of the name
Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"
General definition
In the biblical story
Abijah
Head of a priestly division during David's reign
Abijah was the head of the eighth priestly division established during King David's reign, and Zechariah, the father of John the Baptist, belonged to this division.
In the Bible
Strong H29L appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abijah1
First verses
- 1 Chronicles 24:10The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,