Aiah

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Fausset's Bible Dictionary [1]

AIAH or AJAH.

1. Genesis 36:24 .

2. 2 Samuel 3:7 .

Holman Bible Dictionary [2]

Genesis 36:24 2 2 Samuel 3:7 2 Samuel 21:8

Hitchcock's Bible Names [3]

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [4]

AIAH . 1 . Son of Zibeon ( Genesis 36:24 , 1 Chronicles 1:40 ). 2 . Father of Rizpah, Saul’s concubine ( 2 Samuel 3:7  ; 2 Samuel 21:8  ; 2 Samuel 21:10-11 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary [5]

1. A son of Zibeon, 1 Chronicles 1:40  : called AJAH in Genesis 36:24 .

2. Father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine. 2 Samuel 3:7  ; 2 Samuel 21:8,10,11 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary [6]

A-i'ah or A i'ah. (clamor).

1. Son of Zibeon, a descendant of Seir and ancestor of one of the wives of Esau, 1 Chronicles 1:40 , called in Genesis 36:24 , Ajah (which means A Iah ). He probably died before his father, as the succession fell to his brother Anah.

2. Father of Rizpah, the concubine of Saul. 2 Samuel 3:7  ; 2 Samuel 21:8  ; 2 Samuel 21:10-11 . (B.C. before 1040).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [7]

ā´ya ( איּה , 'ayyāh , "falcon"; once in the King James Version Ajah, Genesis 36:24 ): (1) A H orite, son of Zibeon, and brother of Anah, who was father of one of Esau's wives ( Genesis 36:24  ; 1 Chronicles 1:40 ). (2) Father of Rizpah, a concubine of Saul, about whom Ishbosheth falsely accused Abner ( 2 Samuel 3:7 ), and whose sons were hanged to appease the Gibeonites, whom Saul had wronged ( 2 Samuel 21:8-11 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [8]

another mode ( 2 Samuel 3:7  ; 2 Samuel 21:8  ; 2 Samuel 21:10-11  ; 1 Chronicles 1:40 ) of Anglicizing the name AJAH (See Ajah) (q.v.).

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