Abihud

Easton's Bible Dictionary

• One of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1Chronicles 8:3); called also Ahihud ( <a> verse 7 </a> ).
• A descendant of Zerubbabel and father of Eliakim ( Matthew 1:13 , "Abiud"); called also Juda ( Luke 3:26 ), and Obadiah (1Chronicles 3:21).

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 8:3

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ABIHUD (‘father is majesty’). A Benjamite ( 1 Chronicles 8:3 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 8:3 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abi'hud. (father of renown, famous). Son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 8:3 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

<translit> a </translit> - <translit> bı̄´hud </translit> ( אביהוּד , <translit> 'ăbhı̄hūdh </translit> , "father of majesty," or "my father is majesty," though some regard the second part as the proper name Judah): The son of Bela the oldest son of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 8:3 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Abihud', אֲבַיהוּד , father [i.e. possessor ] of renown, q. d. Πάτροκλος  ; Sept. and N.T. ‘Αβιούδ ), the name of two men.

1. One of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 8:3 ); apparently the same elsewhere called AHIHUD (See <a> AHIHUD </a> ) (ver. 7). B.C. post 1856. (See <a> JACOB </a> ).

2. The great-great-grandson of Zerubbabel, and father of Eliakim, among the paternal ancestry of Jesus ( Matthew 1:13 , where the name is Anglicized "Aliud"); apparently the same with the JUDA (See <a> JUDA </a> ) , son of Joanna and father of Joseph in the maternal line ( Luke 3:26 ); and also with OBADIAH (See <a> OBADIAH </a> ) , son of Arnan and father of Shechaniah in the O.T. ( 1 Chronicles 3:21 ). B.C. ante 410. (See Strong's Harmony and Expos. of the Gosp. p. 16.) Comp. (See <a> HODAIAH </a> ).