Strong H29H29Mאֲבִיָּה
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 Exile and Return, first mentioned at Neh.10.7
Meaning of the name
Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"
General definition
In the biblical story
Abijah
Priest who sealed Nehemiah's covenant
Abijah was one of the priests who sealed the covenant during Nehemiah's time and was also listed among the priests who returned from the Babylonian exile.
In the Bible
Strong H29M appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abijah3
First verses
- Nehemiah 10:7Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
- Nehemiah 12:4Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
- Nehemiah 12:17Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;