G7 – abia – Strong’s Greek Lexicon (kjv)
STRONGS G7:
Ἀβιά, indeclinable proper name (Josephus, Antiquities 7, 10, 3; 8, 10, 1 ὁ Ἀβίας [Winer’s Grammar, § 6, 1 m.], -α), אֲבִיָה and אֲבִיָהוּ (my father is Jehovah), Abia (or Abijah, cf. B. D. under the word],
1. a king of Judah, son of Rehoboam: Matthew 1:7 (1 Kings 14:31; 1 Kings 15:1).
2. a priest, the head of a sacerdotal family, from whom, when David divided the priests into twenty-four classes (1 Chronicles 24:10), the class Abia, the eighth in order, took its name: Luke 1:5.
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Scripture Index
- 1 Kings 14:31; 15:1
- 1 Chronicles 24:10
- Matthew 1:7
- Luke 1:5