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title: אֲבִיָּה — Abiah · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבִיָּה (29), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 23 times: Abiah. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבִיָּה

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«אֲבִיָּה» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abiah** — 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:** 23 times · **Key:** 29 · **BDB:** אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ

### Glosses

Abijah (18); \[was\].Abijah (4); of.Abijah (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abiah [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/29/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/29/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. \& f. (Yah(u) is (my) father)—so †2 Ch 13:20, 21 = אֲבִיָּם †1 K 14:31; 15:1, 7(×2), 8 (𝔊 Ἀβιου, Ἀβια); = אֲבִי †2 K 18:2 (𝔊 Ἀβου, Ἀβουθ); = אֲבִיָּה 1 S 8:2 + 22 times— king of Judah, son \& successor of Rehoboam 1 K 14:31; 15:1, 7(×2), 8 1 Ch 3:10 2 Ch 11:20, 22; 12:16; 13:1, 2, 3, 4, 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. 2nd son of Samuel 1 S 8:2 1 Ch 6:13. son of Jerob. I 1 K 14:1. son of Becher, a Benjamite 1 Ch 7:8. head of a priestly house 1 Ch 24:10. id. Ne 10:8; 12:4, 17. wife of Hezron 1 Ch 2:24. mother of Hezekiah 2 K 18:2 2 Ch 29:1.

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Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 23 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (4 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲבִיָּה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/29/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Nehemiah 10:8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.10.8/)

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מְשֻׁלָּ֥ם אֲבִיָּ֖ה מִיָּמִֽן׃

*Word for word:* Meshullam Abijah Mijamin

*JPS 1917:* Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin;

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[Nehemiah 12:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/NEH.12.4/)

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עִדּ֥וֹא גִנְּת֖וֹי אֲבִיָּֽה׃

*Word for word:* Iddo Ginnethoi Abijah

*JPS 1917:* Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah;

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