Abia
Smith's Bible Dictionary [1]
Abi'a, Abi'ah, or Abi'jah.
1. Son of Becher, the son of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 7:8.
2. Wife of Hezron. 1 Chronicles 2:24.
3. Second son of Samuel. 1 Samuel 8:2; 1 Chronicles 7:28.
4, The son of Rehoboam. 1 Chronicles 3:10; Matthew 1:7. See 1 Abijah or Abijam .
5. Mother of King Hezekiah. Abi
6. Same as Abijah, 4 or Abijam.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary [2]
See also Abijah.
("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.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Matthew 1:7 1 Chronicles 7:8 Luke 1:5 1 Chronicles 24:10
Holman Bible Dictionary [4]
1 Chronicles 3:10 Matthew 1:7 Luke 1:5Abijah
Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament [5]
ABIA ( Authorized Version of Matthew 1:7, Luke 1:5).—See Abijah.
American Tract Society Bible Dictionary [6]
In the New Testament the same as Abijah in the Old Testament, which see.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [7]
( ‘Αβιά ), a Graecized form of the name ABIJAH (See Abijah) ( Matthew 1:7; Luke 1:5). It also occurs ( 1 Chronicles 3:10) instead of ABIAH (See Abiah) (q.v.).
in Greek mythology, was a nurse of Hyllus, who built for the father of her charge, Hercules, a temple at Ira, in Messenia, in remembrance of whom Presphontes called this city Abia.
Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature [8]
Abi´a [ABIJAH, 3]
References
- ↑ Abia from Smith's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Abia from Fausset's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Abia from Easton's Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Abia from Holman Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Abia from Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament
- ↑ Abia from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary
- ↑ Abia from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
- ↑ Abia from Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature
