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Lexicon :: Strong's H29 - 'ăḇîâ

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אֲבִיָה
Transliteration
'ăḇîâ
Pronunciation
ab-ee-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲבִיָּה ʼĂbîyâh, ab-ee-yaw'; or prolonged
אֲבִיָּהוּ ʼĂbîyâhûw, from H1 and H3050; father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses:—Abiah, Abijah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H29 in the following manner: Abijah (20x), Abiah (4x), Abia (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H29 in the following manner: Abijah (20x), Abiah (4x), Abia (1x).

  1. Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"

    1. king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam

    2. second son of Samuel

    3. son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel

    4. son of Becher, a Benjamite

    5. head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)

    6. head of a priestly house (after the exile)

    7. wife of Hezron

    8. mother of Hezekiah (cf H21)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבִיָּה ʼĂbîyâh, ab-ee-yaw'; or prolonged
אֲבִיָּהוּ ʼĂbîyâhûw, from H1 and H3050; father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses:—Abiah, Abijah.
STRONGS H29: Abbreviations
† אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ proper name, masculine & feminine (Yah(u) is (my) father) — so † 2 Chronicles 13:20,21 = [אֲבִיָּם H38 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1, 7] (twice in verse); [H38 1 Kings 15:8] (Greek Version of the LXX Ἀβιου, Ἀβια); = אֲבִי [H21 2 Kings 18:2] (Greek Version of the LXX Ἀβου, Ἀβουθ); = אֲבִיָּה 1 Samuel 8:2 22 times —
1. king of Judah, son & successor of Rehoboam [H38 1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1, 7] (twice in verse); [H38 1 Kings 15:8]; 1 Chronicles 3:10; 2 Chronicles 11:20, 22; 12:16; 13:1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22; 2 Chronicles 13:23 [2 Chronicles 14:1].
2. 2nd son of Samuel 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 6:28 [1 Chronicles 6:43].
3. son of Jerob. I 1 Kings 14:1.
4. son of Becher, a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 7:8.
5. head of a priestly house 1 Chronicles 24:10.
6. id. Nehemiah 10:7; Nehemiah 12:4, 17.
7. wife of Hezron 1 Chronicles 2:24.
8. mother of Hezekiah [H21 2 Kings 18:2]; 2 Chronicles 29:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

8:2; 8:2

1 Kings

14:1

1 Chronicles

2:24; 3:10; 6:43; 7:8; 24:10

2 Chronicles

11:20; 11:22; 12:16; 13:1; 13:2; 13:3; 13:4; 13:15; 13:17; 13:19; 13:20; 13:20; 13:21; 13:21; 13:22; 14:1; 29:1

Nehemiah

10:7; 12:4; 12:17

H29

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H29 matches the Hebrew אֲבִיָה ('ăḇîâ),
which occurs 25 times in 25 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:2 - The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second, Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:1 - At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:24 - After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Ephrathah,[fn] the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:10 - The son of Solomon was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 6:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:28 - The sons of Samuel: Joel[fn] his firstborn, the second Abijah.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:8 - The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:10 - the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:20 - After her he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:22 - And Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:16 - And Rehoboam slept with his fathers and was buried in the city of David, and Abijah[fn] his son reigned in his place.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:1 - In the eighteenth year of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:2 - He reigned for three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah[fn] the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. Now there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:3 - Abijah went out to battle, having an army of valiant men of war, 400,000 chosen men. And Jeroboam drew up his line of battle against him with 800,000 chosen mighty warriors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:4 - Then Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim that is in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:15 - Then the men of Judah raised the battle shout. And when the men of Judah shouted, God defeated Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:17 - Abijah and his people struck them with great force, so there fell slain of Israel 500,000 chosen men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - And Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages and Jeshanah with its villages and Ephron[fn] with its villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:20 - Jeroboam did not recover his power in the days of Abijah. And the LORD struck him down, and he died.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:21 - But Abijah grew mighty. And he took fourteen wives and had twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:22 - The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:1 - [fn] Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David. And Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land had rest for ten years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:1 - Hezekiah began to reign when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Abijah[fn] the daughter of Zechariah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:7 - Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:4 - Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:17 - of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;
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