Strong H38אֲבִיָּם
Abijam
- Transliteration
- 'ăbîyâm
- Pronunciation
- ab-ee-yawm'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
Meaning of the name
Abijam = "my father is the sea" or "Yah(u) is (my) father"
Detailed definition
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.14.31;
son of: Rehoboam (H7346) and Maacah (H4601K);
brother of: Attai (H6262I), Ziza (H2124H) and Shelomith (H8019);
father of: Asa (H609);
half-brother of: Jeush (H3266K), Shemariah (H8114H) and Zaham (H2093); also called Abijam (KJV: Abia) at 1Ki.14.31; 15.1,7,8;
Another name of a.viy.yah (אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה "Abijah" H29I)
son of: Rehoboam (H7346) and Maacah (H4601K);
brother of: Attai (H6262I), Ziza (H2124H) and Shelomith (H8019);
father of: Asa (H609);
half-brother of: Jeush (H3266K), Shemariah (H8114H) and Zaham (H2093); also called Abijam (KJV: Abia) at 1Ki.14.31; 15.1,7,8;
Another name of a.viy.yah (אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה "Abijah" H29I)
In the biblical story
Abijah
King of Judah, son of Rehoboam
Abijah, the son of Rehoboam, reigned as king of Judah for three years and continued in the sins of his father.
In the Bible
Strong H38 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abijam4
First verses
- 1 Kings 14:31And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Kings 15:1Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
- 1 Kings 15:7Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 15:8And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.