abia Summary and Overview

my father is the Lord, the Greek form of Abijah, or Abijam (Matt. 1:7), instead of Abiah (1 Chr. 7:8). In Luke 1:5, the name refers to the head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which David divided the priests (1 Chr. 24:10).

ABI'A , ABI'AH, and ABI'JAH (whose father is Jehovah) are all the same name.

front. ("Father Jehovah," i.e. a man of God). 1. Son of Samuel, whose maladministration as judge furnished one plea for Israel's demand for a king (1 Samuel 8:1-5). 2. 1 Chronicles 7:8. 3. 1 Chronicles 2:24.