aviya · Abijah

What it means

aviya (אֲבִיָּה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Abijah”.

The name of several people; among them Samuel's second son (1 Samuel 8:2), a son of Jeroboam (1 Kings 14:1) and a king of Judah (2 Chronicles 13:1). It means "my father is YHWH."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• 1 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×5
• 2 Chronicles×15
• Nehemiah×3

• 1 Samuel 8:2

  The name of his firstborn was Joel, and the name of his second Abijah; they were judges in Beersheba.

• 1 Kings 14:1

  At that time Abijah son of Jeroboam fell sick.

• 1 Chronicles 2:24

  And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, the wife of Hezron, Abijah, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

• 1 Chronicles 3:10

  And the son of Solomon: Rehoboam; Abijah, his son; Asa, his son; Jehoshaphat, his son;

• 1 Chronicles 6:28

  And the sons of Samuel: the firstborn, Joel, and the second, Abijah.

• 1 Chronicles 7:8

  And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

• 1 Chronicles 24:10

  for Hakkoz the seventh, for Abijah the eighth,

• 2 Chronicles 11:20

  After her he took Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

• 2 Chronicles 11:22

  Rehoboam appointed Abijah son of Maacah as head, as leader among his brothers, for he intended to make him king.

• 2 Chronicles 12:16

  Rehoboam lay down with his fathers and was buried in the city of David; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.

• 2 Chronicles 13:1

  In year eighteen of King Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 13:2

  Three years he reigned in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

• 2 Chronicles 13:3

  Abijah joined battle with a force of mighty men of war, four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam drew up battle against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, mighty men of valor.

• 2 Chronicles 13:4

  Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel!

• 2 Chronicles 13:15

  The men of Judah raised the acclamation; and it happened, when the men of Judah raised the acclamation, that Elohim struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.

• 2 Chronicles 13:17

  Abijah and his people struck them with a great blow, and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.

• 2 Chronicles 13:19

  Abijah pursued Jeroboam and captured cities from him: Bethel and its villages, and Jeshanah and its villages, and Ephrain and its villages.

• 2 Chronicles 13:20

  Jeroboam did not retain strength again in the days of Abijah; and YHWH struck him, and he died.

• 2 Chronicles 13:21

  But Abijah grew strong; he took for himself fourteen wives, and fathered twenty-two sons and sixteen daughters.

• 2 Chronicles 13:22

  The rest of the deeds of Abijah, and his ways and his words, are written in the treatise of the prophet Iddo.

• 2 Chronicles 14:1

  Abijah lay down with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days the land was quiet ten years.

• 2 Chronicles 29:1

  Hezekiah became king when he was twenty-five years old, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Abijah daughter of Zechariah.

• Nehemiah 10:7

  Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,

• Nehemiah 12:4

  Iddo, Ginnethoi, Abijah,

• Nehemiah 12:17

  of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;