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Abijah or Abiah is a Biblical unisex name
Unisex name

A unisex name, also known as an epicene name, is a given name that is often given to either a boy or a girl. Some countries, however, require that a given name be gender-specific ....
 meaning "My father is Yahweh
Yahweh

Image:Tetragrammaton scripts.svg[Aramaic alphabet|Aramaic]] and Hebrew alphabet Yahweh is the English rendering of , a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton that was proposed by the Hebrew scholar Gesenius in the 19th century....
" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament the name Abijah was borne by several characters:

  1. A son of Becher
    Becher

    Becher is a surname, and may refer to:* Bernd and Hilla Becher* J. J. Becher* Johannes R. Becher* Kurt Becher - A german SS officer* Mordechai Becher, lecturer at Gateways speaker and author on Jewish theology....
    , the son of Benjamin
    Benjamin

    Benjamin in the Book of Genesis, is a son of Jacob, the second son of Rachel, and the founder of the Israelites Tribe of Benjamin; in the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son - Joseph , the father of Ephraim and Manasseh - Benjamin was born after Jacob and Rachel arrived in Canaan....
    . (1 Chr. 7:8)
  2. A wife of Hetzron, one of the grandchildren of Judah
    Judah

    Judah is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, as recorded in Genesis 29:35....
    . (1 Chr. 2:24)
  3. The second son of Samuel. (1 Samuel
    Books of Samuel

    The Books of Samuel are part of the Tanakh and also of the Christianity Old Testament. The work was originally written in Hebrew language, and the Book of Samuel originally formed a single text, as they are often considered today in Hebrew bibles....
     8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28) His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a royal form of government.
  4. A descendant of Eleazar
    Eleazar

    Eleazar , was a son of Aaron, a Levite Kohen and Kohen Gadol. His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas. After the death of Nadab and Abihu, he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary....
    , the son of Aaron
    Aaron

    In the Hebrew Bible, Aaron , or Aaron the Levite , was the brother of Moses. He was the great-grandson of Levi and represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first Kohen Gadol of the Hebrews....
    , a chief of one of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David (1 Chr.






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    Abijah or Abiah is a Biblical unisex name
    Unisex name

    A unisex name, also known as an epicene name, is a given name that is often given to either a boy or a girl. Some countries, however, require that a given name be gender-specific ....
     meaning "My father is Yahweh
    Yahweh

    Image:Tetragrammaton scripts.svg[Aramaic alphabet|Aramaic]] and Hebrew alphabet Yahweh is the English rendering of , a vocalization of the Tetragrammaton that was proposed by the Hebrew scholar Gesenius in the 19th century....
    " in Hebrew. In the Old Testament the name Abijah was borne by several characters:

    1. A son of Becher
      Becher

      Becher is a surname, and may refer to:* Bernd and Hilla Becher* J. J. Becher* Johannes R. Becher* Kurt Becher - A german SS officer* Mordechai Becher, lecturer at Gateways speaker and author on Jewish theology....
      , the son of Benjamin
      Benjamin

      Benjamin in the Book of Genesis, is a son of Jacob, the second son of Rachel, and the founder of the Israelites Tribe of Benjamin; in the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son - Joseph , the father of Ephraim and Manasseh - Benjamin was born after Jacob and Rachel arrived in Canaan....
      . (1 Chr. 7:8)
    2. A wife of Hetzron, one of the grandchildren of Judah
      Judah

      Judah is the name of several Biblical and historical figures. The original Judah was the fourth son of Jacob and Leah, as recorded in Genesis 29:35....
      . (1 Chr. 2:24)
    3. The second son of Samuel. (1 Samuel
      Books of Samuel

      The Books of Samuel are part of the Tanakh and also of the Christianity Old Testament. The work was originally written in Hebrew language, and the Book of Samuel originally formed a single text, as they are often considered today in Hebrew bibles....
       8:2; 1 Chr. 6:28) His conduct, along with that of his brother, as a judge in Beer-sheba, to which office his father had appointed him, led to popular discontent, and ultimately provoked the people to demand a royal form of government.
    4. A descendant of Eleazar
      Eleazar

      Eleazar , was a son of Aaron, a Levite Kohen and Kohen Gadol. His wife, a daughter of Putiel, bore him Phinehas. After the death of Nadab and Abihu, he was appointed to the charge of the sanctuary....
      , the son of Aaron
      Aaron

      In the Hebrew Bible, Aaron , or Aaron the Levite , was the brother of Moses. He was the great-grandson of Levi and represented the priestly functions of his tribe, becoming the first Kohen Gadol of the Hebrews....
      , a chief of one of the twenty-four orders into which the priesthood was divided by David (1 Chr. 24:10). The order of Abijah was one of those which did not return from the Captivity. (Ezra
      Book of Ezra

      The Book of Ezra is a book of the Bible in the Old Testament and Hebrew language Tanakh. It is the record of events occurring at the close of the Babylonian captivity....
       2:36-39; Nehemiah
      Book of Nehemiah

      The Book of Nehemiah is a book of the Hebrew Bible, historically regarded as a Ezra-Nehemiah of the Book of Ezra, and is sometimes called the second book of Ezra....
       7:39-42; 12:1)
    5. A King of Judah, also known as Abijam
      Abijam

      Abijah was the fourth king of the Davidic line and the second of the Kingdom of Judah. He was the son of Rehoboam, the grandson of Solomon and the great-grandson of David....
      , who was son of Rehoboam
      Rehoboam

      Rehoboam was a king of United Monarchy and later king of the Kingdom of Judah after the ten northern tribes of Israel rebelled in 932/931 BC to form the independent Kingdom of Israel....
       and succeeded him on the throne of Judah
      Kingdom of Judah

      The Kingdom of Judah existed at two periods in Jewish history. According to the Hebrew Bible, a kingdom emerged in Judah after the death of Saul, when the tribe of Judah elevated David to rule over it....
      . (1 Chr. 3:10, Matt. 1:7, 1 Kings 14:31)
    6. A son of Jeroboam
      Jeroboam

      Jeroboam He was the first king of the break-away ten tribes or Northern Kingdom of Israel, over whom he reigned twenty-two years.William F....
      , the first king of Israel. On account of his severe illness when a youth, his father sent his wife to consult the prophet Ahijah regarding his recovery. The prophet, though blind with old age, knew the wife of Jeroboam as soon as she approached, and under a divine impulse he announced to her that inasmuch as in Abijah alone of all the house of Jeroboam there was found "some good thing toward the Lord," he only would come to his grave in peace. As his mother crossed the threshold of the door on her return, the youth died, and "all Israel mourned for him." (1 Kings
      Books of Kings

      The Books of Kings are a part of Judaism's Tanakh, the Hebrew Bible. They were originally written in Hebrew language and were later included by Christianity as part of the Old Testament....
       14:1-18)
    7. The daughter of Zechariah
      Zechariah

      Zechariah was a person in the Hebrew Bible . He was the author of the Book of Zechariah, the eleventh of the twelve minor prophets.The Zechariah is derived from ....
       (2 Chr. 29:1; compare Isaiah
      Book of Isaiah

      The Book of Isaiah is a book of the Bible traditionally attributed to the Prophet Isaiah, who lived in the second half of the 8th century BC. In the first 39 chapters, Isaiah prophesies doom for a sinful Judah and for all the nations of the world that oppose God....
       8:2), who married King Ahaz
      Ahaz

      Ahaz was king of kingdom of Judah, and the son and successor of Jotham of Judah. He took the throne at the age of twenty . William F. Albright has dated his reign to 735 – 715 BC, while Edwin R....
       of Judah. She is also called Abi. (2 Kings 18:2) She was the mother of King Hezekiah
      Hezekiah

      Hezekiah was the 13th king of independent kingdom of Judah.His reign has been dated from 715 – 687 BC or 716 – 687 BC. Under either of these chronologies, Hezekiah ruled the southern kingdom of Judah during the forced resettlement of the northern kingdom of Israel by Sargon II's Assyrians and the invasion and siege of Jerusale...
      . (2 Chr. 29:1)
    8. The head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which David
      David

      David , was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. He is depicted as a righteous king, although not without fault, as well as an acclaimed warrior, musician and poet ....
       divided the priests. (1 Chr. 24:10, Luke 1:5)


    See also

    • List of minor Biblical figures
      List of minor Biblical figures

      This list contains persons named in the Bible of minor notability, about whom either nothing or very little is known, aside from any family connections....