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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 - and Ahijah the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub the son of Phinehas, the son of Eli, the LORD’S priest at Shiloh, was wearing the ephod. And the people did not know that Jonathan had gone.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:18 - Saul said to Ahijah [the priest], “Bring the ark of God here.” For at that time the ark of God was with the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 - Elihoreph and Ahijah the sons of Shisha, were scribes; Jehoshaphat the son of Ahilud was the recorder [of important events];

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - It came about at that time, when Jeroboam left Jerusalem, that the prophet Ahijah the Shilonite met him on the road. Now Ahijah had covered himself with a new cloak; and the two of them 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 cloak which he was wearing 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 situation was from the LORD, so that He might fulfill His word which He spoke through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2 - Jeroboam said to his wife, “Please get up and disguise yourself, so that people will not know that you are Jeroboam’s wife, and go to Shiloh. Ahijah the prophet is there, the one who told me that I would be king over this people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:4 -

Jeroboam’s wife did so. She got up and went [twenty miles] to Shiloh, and came to the house of Ahijah. Now Ahijah could not see, because his eyes were dim from old age.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - And the LORD said to Ahijah, “Behold, the [fn]wife of Jeroboam is coming to inquire of you about her son, because he is sick. You shall say such and such to her, for when she arrives, she will pretend to be another woman.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 -

So when Ahijah heard the sound of her feet as she came in the doorway, he said, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why do you pretend to be another woman? For I have been sent to you [by God] with a harsh message.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:18 - And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, in accordance with 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 - Baasha the son of Ahijah of the house (tribe) of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, while Nadab and all Israel were laying siege to Gibbethon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - As soon as he was king, Baasha struck down all the household of Jeroboam. He did not leave for Jeroboam anyone alive, but he destroyed them in accordance with the word of the LORD which He had spoken through 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 [the capital city], and reigned twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - and I will make your house (descendants) like that of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and like the house of Baasha the son of Ahijah, for provoking Me to anger and making Israel sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9 - ‘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: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:7 - Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera—he forced them into exile; he became the father of 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 in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the dedicated gifts.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 -

Now the rest of the acts of Solomon, from the first to the last, are they not written in the records of Nathan the prophet, and 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 [fn]turn of events was from God that the LORD might fulfill His word, which He had spoken through Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.

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