אֲבִיָּה ʼĂbîyâh

Hebrew · Strong's H29 · pronounced ab-ee-yaw' · used 25 times in 25 verses

Meaning

Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

In the King James Version: Abiah, Abijah.

Derivation: or prolonged אֲבִיָּהוּ ; from H1 (אָב) and H3050 (יָהּ); father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;

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Where it is used

1 Samuel 8:2 The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
1 Kings 14:1 At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam became ill,
1 Chronicles 2:24 After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
1 Chronicles 3:10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam: Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
1 Chronicles 6:28 The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn and Abijah his second son.
1 Chronicles 7:8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.
1 Chronicles 24:10 the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
2 Chronicles 11:20 After her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
2 Chronicles 11:22 Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as chief prince among his brothers, intending to make him king.
2 Chronicles 12:16 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Abijah reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 13:1 In the eighteenth year of Jeroboam’s reign, Abijah became king of Judah,
2 Chronicles 13:2 and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
2 Chronicles 13:3 Abijah went into battle with an army of 400,000 chosen men, while Jeroboam drew up in formation against him with 800,000 chosen and mighty men of valor.
2 Chronicles 13:4 Then Abijah stood on Mount Zemaraim in the hill country of Ephraim and said, “Hear me, O Jeroboam and all Israel!
2 Chronicles 13:15 and the men of Judah raised the battle cry. And when they raised the cry, God routed Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:17 Then Abijah and his people struck them with a mighty blow, and 500,000 chosen men of Israel fell slain.
2 Chronicles 13:19 Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured some cities from him: Bethel, Jeshanah, and Ephron, along with their villages.
2 Chronicles 13:20 Jeroboam did not again recover his power during the days of Abijah, and the LORD struck him down and he died.
2 Chronicles 13:21 But Abijah grew strong, married fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles 13:22 Now the rest of the acts of Abijah, along with his ways and his words, are written in the Treatise of the Prophet Iddo.
2 Chronicles 14:1 Then Abijah rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David. And his son Asa reigned in his place, and in his days the land was at peace for ten years.
2 Chronicles 29:1 Hezekiah was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem twenty-nine years. His mother’s name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah.
Nehemiah 10:7 Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
Nehemiah 12:4 Iddo, Ginnethon, Abijah,
Nehemiah 12:17 of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin and of Moadiah, Piltai;