אֲבִיָּם ʼĂbîyâm

Hebrew · Strong's H38 · pronounced ab-ee-yawm' · used 5 times in 4 verses

Meaning

Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah

In the King James Version: Abijam.

Derivation: from H1 (אָב) and H3220 (יָם); father of (the) sea (i.e. seaman);

1 Kings 14:31 And Rehoboam rested with his fathers and was buried with them in the City of David; his mother’s name was Naamah the Ammonite. And his son Abijam reigned in his place.
1 Kings 15:1 In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam son of Nebat, Abijam became king of Judah,
1 Kings 15:7 As for the rest of the acts of Abijam, along with all his accomplishments, 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 15:8 And Abijam rested with his fathers and was buried in the City of David, and his son Asa reigned in his place.