Strong H345H345Hאַיָּה
Aiah
One of the 2 senses of Strong H345
- Transliteration
- 'ayâh
- Pronunciation
- ah-yaw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.7;
father of: Rizpah (H7532)
father of: Rizpah (H7532)
Meaning of the name
Aiah or Ajah = "falcon"
General definition
The same as H344; {Ajah} the name of two Israelites: - {Aiah} Ajah.
In the biblical story
Aiah
Father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine
Aiah was the father of Rizpah, who was a concubine of King Saul. (2Sa.3.7; 21.8)
In the Bible
Strong H345H appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- aiah4
First verses
- 2 Samuel 3:7And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?
- 2 Samuel 21:8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
- 2 Samuel 21:10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
- 2 Samuel 21:11And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.