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Abia
My father is the Lord, the Greek form of Abijah, or Abijam (Matt 1:7), instead of Abiah (1 Chr 7:8). In Luke 1:5, the name refers to the head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses into which David divided the priests (1 Chr 24:10).
Named in the Bible
3 verses
- 1 Chronicles 3:10 And Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abia his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
- Matthew 1:7 And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
- Luke 1:5 There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897), by Matthew George Easton.
