H38: אֲבִיָּם
ʼĂbîyâm · pronounced ab-ee-yawm' · “Abijam”
Definition
Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah
KJV translates it as: Abijam.
Word origin: from H1 (אָב) and H3220 (יָם); father of (the) sea (i.e. seaman);
Extended definition
son of: Rehoboam (H7346) and Maacah (H4601K);
brother of: Attai (H6262I), Ziza (H2124H) and Shelomith (H8019);
father of: Asa (H0609);
half-brother of: Jeush (H3266K), Shemariah (H8114H) and Zaham (H2093); also called Abijam (KJV: Abia) at 1Ki.14.31; 15.1,7,8;
Another name of a.viy.yah (אֲבִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲבִיָּה "Abijah" H0029I)
§ Abijam = "my father is the sea" or "Yah(u) is (my) father"
king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H38 is translated
- abijam ×5
Bible verses with H38 (ʼĂbîyâm)
ʼăbîyâm appears in 4 verses.
- 1 Kings 14:31
And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother’s name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
- 1 Kings 15:1
Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.
- 1 Kings 15:7
Now the rest of the acts of Abijam, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? And there was war between Abijam and Jeroboam.
- 1 Kings 15:8
And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.