Ἀβιά
Abia
Abijah
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Ἀβιά (Abia): A Biblical Proper Name Ἀβιά is a Greek transliteration of a Hebrew proper name, appearing 15 times throughout the biblical text. The term denotes "Abijah," a personal name borne by several individuals in the biblical narrative. As a proper noun, it functions primarily as an identifier for specific historical or genealogical figures rather than carrying semantic meaning beyond the designation of identity. The frequency of occurrence (15 instances) suggests that individuals bearing this name held sufficient prominence in biblical accounts to warrant multiple textual references. The concentration of this name in the biblical record indicates it was likely a meaningful designation within ancient Israelite tradition, though the lexicon data provided does not specify which particular Abijah figure receives the greatest emphasis or the distinctions between the various bearers of this name. Without additional context from the lexicon regarding etymology or the specific passages in which Ἀβιά appears, the analysis remains limited to its function as a proper name marking identifiable persons within the biblical genealogical and historical framework.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
15 total occurrences across the text
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
1 Chronicles 3:10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
2 Chronicles 13:3Abijah joined battle with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men; and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, who were mighty men of valor.
2 Chronicles 13:4Abijah stood up on Mount Zemaraim, which is in the hill country of Ephraim, and said, “Hear me, Jeroboam and all Israel:
2 Chronicles 11:20After her, he took Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
2 Chronicles 11:22Rehoboam appointed Abijah the son of Maacah to be chief, the prince among his brothers; for he intended to make him king.
2 Chronicles 12:16Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in David’s city; and Abijah his son reigned in his place.
2 Chronicles 13:1In the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam, Abijah began to reign over Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:15Then the men of Judah gave a shout. As the men of Judah shouted, God struck Jeroboam and all Israel before Abijah and Judah.
2 Chronicles 13:17Abijah and his people killed them with a great slaughter, so five hundred thousand chosen men of Israel fell down slain.
2 Chronicles 13:19Abijah pursued Jeroboam, and took cities from him, Bethel with its villages, Jeshanah with its villages, and Ephron with its villages.
2 Chronicles 13:20Jeroboam didn’t recover strength again in the days of Abijah. Yahweh struck him, and he died.
2 Chronicles 13:21But Abijah grew mighty, and took for himself fourteen wives, and became the father of twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
2 Chronicles 13:22The rest of the acts of Abijah, his ways, and his sayings are written in the commentary of the prophet Iddo.
2 Chronicles 14:1So Abijah slept with his fathers, and they buried him in David’s city; and Asa his son reigned in his place. In his days, the land was quiet ten years.