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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.
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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 - Among Saul’s men was Ahijah the priest, who was wearing the ephod, the priestly vest. Ahijah was the son of Ichabod’s brother Ahitub, son of Phinehas, son of Eli, the priest of the LORD who had served at Shiloh.
No one realized that Jonathan had left the Israelite camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:18 - Then Saul shouted to Ahijah, “Bring the ephod here!” For at that time Ahijah was wearing the ephod in front of the Israelites.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 4:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:3 - Elihoreph and Ahijah, the sons of Shisha, were court secretaries.
Jehoshaphat son of Ahilud was the royal historian.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:29 - One day as Jeroboam was leaving Jerusalem, the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh met him along the way. Ahijah was wearing a new cloak. The two of them were alone in a field,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 11:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 11:30 - and Ahijah took hold of the new cloak 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 paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of the LORD, for it fulfilled the LORD’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:2 - So Jeroboam told his wife, “Disguise yourself so that no one will recognize you as my wife. Then go to the prophet Ahijah at Shiloh—the man who told me I would become king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:4 - So Jeroboam’s wife went to Ahijah’s home at Shiloh. He was an old man now and could no longer see.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:5 - But the LORD had told Ahijah, “Jeroboam’s wife will come here, pretending to be someone else. She will ask you about her son, for he is very sick. Give her the answer I give you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:6 - So when Ahijah heard her footsteps at the door, he called out, “Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why are you pretending to be someone else?” Then he told her, “I have bad news for you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 14:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 14:18 - And all Israel buried him and mourned for him, as the LORD had promised through the prophet Ahijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:27 - Then Baasha son of Ahijah, from the tribe of Issachar, plotted against Nadab and assassinated him while he and the Israelite army were laying siege to the Philistine town of Gibbethon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:29 - He immediately slaughtered all the descendants of King Jeroboam, so that not one of the royal family was left, just as the LORD had promised concerning Jeroboam by the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:33 - Baasha son of Ahijah began to rule over all Israel in the third year of King Asa’s reign in Judah. Baasha reigned in Tirzah twenty-four years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:22 - I am going to destroy your family as I did the family of Jeroboam son of Nebat and the family of Baasha son of Ahijah, for you have made me very angry and have led Israel into sin.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:9 - I will destroy the family of Ahab as I destroyed the families of Jeroboam son of Nebat and of Baasha son of Ahijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:7 - Ehud’s sons were Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera, who led them into exile, was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:36 - Hepher from Mekerah;
Ahijah from Pelon;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:20 - Other Levites, led by Ahijah, were in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries of the gifts dedicated to the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 9:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 9:29 - The rest of the events of Solomon’s reign, from beginning to end, are recorded in The Record of Nathan the Prophet, and The Prophecy of Ahijah from Shiloh, and also in The Visions of Iddo the Seer, concerning Jeroboam son of Nebat.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:15 - So the king paid no attention to the people. This turn of events was the will of God, for it fulfilled the LORD’s message to Jeroboam son of Nebat through the prophet Ahijah from Shiloh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:26

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