אֲבִיָּה
ʼĂbîyâh · ab-ee-yaw'
Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses
Lexicon
Derivation: or prolonged אֲבִיָּהוּ ; from H1 (אָב) and H3050 (יָהּ); father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;
Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Abiah, Abijah.
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- 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 › the house, what is within › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
Strength, the leader of the house, what is within of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אֲבִיָּה 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
25 occurrences · 25 OT · 0 NT · 14 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- abijah5 · 20%
- and abijah5 · 20%
- of abijah3 · 12%
- and abiah2 · 8%
- abiah1 · 4%
- then abiah1 · 4%
- abia1 · 4%
- to abijah1 · 4%
- him abijah1 · 4%
- began abijah1 · 4%
- between abijah1 · 4%
- but abijah1 · 4%
- so abijah1 · 4%
- was abijah1 · 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.