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 (1Sa_8:1-5).
2. 1Ch_7:8.
3. 1Ch_2:24.
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Abi'a, Abi'ah, or Abi'jah.
1. Son of Becher, the son of Benjamin. 1Ch_7:8.
2. Wife of Hezron. 1Ch_2:24.
3. Second son of Samuel. 1Sa_8:2; 1Ch_7:28.
4, The son of Rehoboam. 1Ch_3:10; Mat_1:7. See Abijah, 1 or Abijam.
5. Mother of King Hezekiah. Abi
6. Same as Abijah, 4 or Abijam.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
Abi?a [ABIJAH, 3]
The Popular Cyclopedia of Biblical Literature
by John Kitto.
Abia
(Αβιά), a Graecized form of the name ABIJAH SEE ABIJAH (Mat_1:7; Luk_1:5). It also occurs (1Ch_3:10) instead of ABIAH SEE ABIAH (q.v.).
Abia
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.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.