אֲחִיָּה
ʼĂchîyâh · akh-ee-yaw
Achijah, the name of nine Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or (prolonged) אֲחִיָּהוּ ; from H251 (אָח) and H3050 (יָהּ); brother (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;
Achijah, the name of nine Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ahiah, Ahijah.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › to separate and protect › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader that works to separate and protect of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲחִיָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
24 occurrences · 24 OT · 0 NT · 19 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of ahijah7 · 29%
- ahijah6 · 25%
- and ahiah3 · 13%
- and ahijah3 · 13%
- unto ahiah1 · 4%
- behold, there is ahijah1 · 4%
- but ahijah1 · 4%
- unto ahijah1 · 4%
- and it was so, when ahijah1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.