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title: אֲחִיָּה — Ahiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲחִיָּה (281), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 19 times: Ahiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. n.pr.f. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲחִיָּה

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«אֲחִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ahiah** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 19 times · **Key:** 281 · **BDB:** אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Ahijah (11); of.Ahijah (7); Ahiah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ahiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/281/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. n.pr.f. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/281/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** † אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲחִיָּה (always, except where other form noted), אֲחִי n.pr.m. (brother of Yah(u), cf. Ph. חמלך brother of Milk, \& especially אחתמלך sister of Milk, where אחת must be cstr. since מלך is a male deity; cf. Carth. חתמלקרת Euting 213). a priest 1 S 14:3, 18. a scribe 1 K 4:3. a prophet 1 K 11:29, 30; 12:15; 14:2, 4; 15:29 2 Ch 9:29; 1 K 14:4, 5, 6, 18 2 Ch 10:15 (last five אֲחִיָּהוּ). father of king Baasha 1 K 15:27, 33; 21:22 2 K 9:9. grandson of Hezron 1 Ch 2:25, or perhaps n.pr.f., mother of preceding four, cf. Be. son of Ehud, of Benj. 1 Ch 8:7 = אֲחוֹחַ v 4. one of Dvd’s heroes 1 Ch 11:36. a Levite, Dvd’s time 1 Ch 26:20. a chief man under Nehem. Ne 10:27. a Gadite 1 Ch 5:15 (אֲחִי). a man of Asher 1 Ch 7:34 (id.)

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 19 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲחִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/281/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.27/)

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וַאֲחִיָּ֥ה חָנָ֖ן עָנָֽן׃

*Word for word:* and Ahiah Hanan Anan

*JPS 1917:* and Ahiah, Hanan, Anan;

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[1 Chronicles 11:36](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.11.36/)

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חֵ֚פֶר הַמְּכֵ֣רָתִ֔י אֲחִיָּ֖ה הַפְּלֹנִֽי׃ס

*Word for word:* Hepher the Mekerathite Ahijah the Pelonite

*JPS 1917:* Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite;

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