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Lexicon :: Strong's H281 - 'ăḥîyâ

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אֲחִיָּה
Transliteration
'ăḥîyâ
Pronunciation
akh-ee-yaw
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲחִיָּה ʼĂchîyâh, akh-ee-yaw; or (prolonged) אֲחִיָּהוּ ʼĂchîyâhûw ; from H251 and H3050; brother (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Achijah, the name of nine Israelites:—Ahiah, Ahijah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H281 in the following manner: Ahijah (20x), Ahiah (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H281 in the following manner: Ahijah (20x), Ahiah (4x).

  1. Ahiah or Ahijah = "brother of Jehovah (Yahu)"

    1. grandson of Phinehas

    2. scribe of Solomon

    3. a prophet who predicted the revolt of the Northern tribes

    4. father of Baasha, who usurped the Northern throne

    5. grandson of Hezron (or mother of 1-4 above)

    6. a Benjamite, son of Ehud

    7. one of David's heroes

    8. a Levite during David's time

    9. a chief man under Nehemiah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲחִיָּה ʼĂchîyâh, akh-ee-yaw; or (prolonged) אֲחִיָּהוּ ʼĂchîyâhûw ; from H251 and H3050; brother (i.e. worshipper) of Jah; Achijah, the name of nine Israelites:—Ahiah, Ahijah.
STRONGS H281: Abbreviations
† אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲחִיָּה (always, except where other form noted), אֲחִי proper name, masculine (brother of Yah(u), compare Phoenician חמלך brother of Milk, & especially אחתמלך sister of Milk, where אחת must be construct since מלך is a male deity; compare Carthaginian חתמלקרת Eut213).
1. a priest 1 Samuel 14:3, 18.
2. Scribe 1 Kings 4:3.
3. Prophet 1 Kings 11:29, 30; 1 Kings 12:15; 1 Kings 14:2, 4; 1 Kings 15:29; 2 Chronicles 9:29; 1 Kings 14:4, 5, 6, 18; 2 Chronicles 10:15 (last five אֲחִיָהוּ).
4. father of king Baasha 1 Kings 15:27, 33; 1 Kings 21:22; 2 Kings 9:9.
5. grandson of Hezron 1 Chronicles 2:25, or perhaps proper name, feminine, mother of preceding four, compare Be.
6. son of Ehud, of Benj. 1 Chronicles 8:7＝אֲחוֺחַ, 1 Chronicles 8:4.
7. one of David's heroes 1 Chronicles 11:36.
8. a Levite, David's time 1 Chronicles 26:20.
9. a chief man under Nehemiah. Nehemiah 10:27.
10. a Gadite 1 Chronicles 5:15 (אֲחִי).
11. a man of Asher 1 Chronicles 7:34 (id.)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

14:3; 14:18

1 Kings

4:3; 11:29; 11:30; 12:15; 14:2; 14:4; 14:4; 14:5; 14:6; 14:18; 15:27; 15:29; 15:33; 21:22

2 Kings

9:9

1 Chronicles

2:25; 5:15; 7:34; 8:4; 8:7; 11:36; 26:20

2 Chronicles

9:29; 10:15

Nehemiah

10:27

H281

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H281 matches the Hebrew אֲחִיָּה ('ăḥîyâ),
which occurs 24 times in 23 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:3 - Ahijah the son of Ahitub, Ichabod’s brother, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’s priest in Shiloh, was wearing an ephod. But the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:18 - And Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark[fn] of God here” (for at that time the ark[fn] of God was with the children of Israel).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 - Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud, the recorder;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - Now it happened at that time, when Jeroboam went out of Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the way; and he had clothed himself with a new garment, and the two were alone in the field.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - Then Ahijah took hold of the new garment that was on him, and tore it into twelve pieces.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:15 - So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from the LORD, that He might fulfill His word, which the LORD had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2 - And Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please arise, and disguise yourself, that they may not recognize you as the wife of Jeroboam, and go to Shiloh. Indeed, Ahijah the prophet is there, who told me that I would be king over this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:4 - And Jeroboam’s wife did so; she arose and went to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. But Ahijah could not see, for his eyes were glazed by reason of his age.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - Now the LORD had said to Ahijah, “Here is the wife of Jeroboam, coming to ask you something about her son, for he is sick. Thus and thus you shall say to her; for it will be, when she comes in, that she will pretend to be another woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - And so it was, when Ahijah heard the sound of her footsteps as she came through the door, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another person? For I have been sent to you with bad news.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:18 - And they buried him; and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word of the LORD which He spoke through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:27 - Then Baasha the son of Ahijah, of the house of Issachar, conspired against him. And Baasha killed him at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel laid siege to Gibbethon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - And it was so, when he became king, that he killed all the house of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, until he had destroyed him, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - In the third year of Asa king of Judah, Baasha the son of Ahijah became king over all Israel in Tirzah, and reigned twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - ‘I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, because of the provocation with which you have provoked Me to anger, and made Israel sin.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9 - ‘So I will make the house of Ahab like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:25 - The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:7 - Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:36 - Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:20 - Of the Levites, Ahijah was over the treasuries of the house of God and over the treasuries of the dedicated things.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 - Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, first and last, are they not written in the book of Nathan the prophet, in the prophecy of Ahijah the Shilonite, and in the visions of Iddo the seer concerning Jeroboam the son of Nebat?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from God, that the LORD might fulfill His word, which He had spoken by the hand of Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:26 - Ahijah, Hanan, Anan,
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