Bible Names

Abijah: meaning of the name

Abijah means “the Lord is my father.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Abijah in Hebrew and Greek

אֲבִיָּה H29

ʼĂbîyâh (ab-ee-yaw') — Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

or prolonged אֲבִיָּהוּ ; from H1 (אָב) and H3050 (יָהּ); father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;

People named Abijah in the Bible

Abijah in Scripture

“Abijah” appears in 20 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 1 Kings 14:1

    At that time Abijah the son of Jeroboam fell sick.

  • 1 Chronicles 24:10

    The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,

  • 2 Chronicles 11:20

    And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:22

    And Rehoboam made Abijah the son of Maachah the chief, to be ruler among his brethren: for he thought to make him king.

  • 2 Chronicles 12:16

    And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:1

    Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:2

    He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

  • 2 Chronicles 13:3

    And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.