# אֲבִיָּה (aviyah)

Israeli respelling: a-vi-yah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H29. 25 Old Testament occurrences.

Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

King James renderings: Abiah, Abijah.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/aviyah-h29

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 8:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/8/2) — Now the name of his firstborn was Joel; and the name of his second, Abiah: they were judges in Beersheba.
- [1 Kings 14:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/14/1) — At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.
- [1 Chronicles 2:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/2/24) — And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
- [1 Chronicles 3:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/3/10) — And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- [1 Chronicles 6:28](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/6/28) — And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah.
- [1 Chronicles 7:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/7/8) — And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All the…
- [1 Chronicles 24:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-chronicles/24/10) — The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
- [2 Chronicles 11:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/20) — And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
- [2 Chronicles 11:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/11/22) — And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.
- [2 Chronicles 12:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/12/16) — And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
- [2 Chronicles 13:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/1) — Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.
- [2 Chronicles 13:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/2) — He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah…
- [2 Chronicles 13:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/3) — And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle…
- [2 Chronicles 13:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/4) — And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;
- [2 Chronicles 13:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/15) — Then the men of Judah gave a shout: and as the men of Judah shouted, it came to pass, that God smote Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah…
- [2 Chronicles 13:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/17) — And Abijah and his people slew them with a great slaughter: so there fell down slain of Israel five hundred thousand chosen men.
- [2 Chronicles 13:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/19) — And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with the towns thereof, and Jeshanah with the towns thereof, and Ephrai…
- [2 Chronicles 13:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/20) — Neither did Jeroboam recover strength again in the days of Abijah: and the LORD struck him, and he died.
- [2 Chronicles 13:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/21) — But Abijah waxed mighty, and married fourteen wives, and begat twenty and two sons, and sixteen daughters.
- [2 Chronicles 13:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/13/22) — And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his ways, and his sayings, are written in the story of the prophet Iddo.
- [2 Chronicles 14:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/14/1) — So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In his days the land was…
- [2 Chronicles 29:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/29/1) — Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was…
- [Nehemiah 10:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/10/7) — Meshullam, Abijah, Mijamin,
- [Nehemiah 12:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/12/4) — Iddo, Ginnetho, Abijah,
- [Nehemiah 12:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/nehemiah/12/17) — Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai;