Abijah ~ አብያ: “Abijah” means my father is Jehovah / SBD, (1 ዜና 24፡11) ... [Related term(s):- Abiah, Abia, Abiah]

The root words for ‘Abijah’ are ‘Abe’ (አበ) and ‘Yah’ (ያህ) ፥ ‘Ab’ means father and ‘Jah’ (Jehovah) means the living one. ‘Abijah’ means ‘Jehovah is father.’ / Ibid.

Son of Jeroboam I., king of Israel; died in his childhood. “The seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,” (1Chr 24:10), (1 Kin 14:1)

Other people with the same name are: Son and successor of Rehoboam on the throne of Judah ( 2 Chr 12:16), (1 Kin 4:21); A descendant of Eleazar (Neh12:4, 17), (1 Ch 24:10; 2 Ch 8:14); One of the priests who entered into a covenant with Nehemiah to walk in God’s law (Neh 10:7)
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አብያ ~Abiah, Abijah: አባ ያህ፣ አባቴ አምላኬ፣ ጌታዬ አምላኬ፣ ህያው አምላክ፣ ዘላለማዊ ጌታ ማለት ነው። [ተዛማጅ ስም- አቢያ]

‘አብ’ እና ያህ’(ያህዌ ፣ ህያው) ከሚሉ ቃላት የተመሠረተ ስም ነው።

በዚህ ስም የሚታወቁ ሰባት ሰዎች አሉ።

I.      አብያ /Abiah:

1.የነብዮ ሳሙኤል ልጅ፥ “የበኵር ልጁም ስም ኢዮኤል፥ የሁለተኛውም ስም አብያ ነበረ። እነርሱም በቤርሳቤህ ይፈርዱ ነበር” (1ሳሙ 8:2)

2.ከብኒያም ወገን፣ የቤኬር ልጅ፥ (1 ዜና 7፡8)

II.      አብያ /Abijah:

1.ከአልዓዛር ወገን፥ “ስምንተኛው ለአብያ፥ ዘጠኝኛው ለኢያሱ፥” (1 ዜና 24፡11)

2.የሮብዓም ልጅ፥ (2 ዜና 12:16) ፣ (1 ነገ 4:21)

3.የኢዮርብዓም ልጅ የመጀመሪያው፥ (1 ነገ 14:1)

4.የኢዮርብዓም ልጅ፥ (ነህ 12:4 ፣ 17) ፣ (1 ዜና 24:10) ፣ (2 ዜና 8:14)

5.በነህምያ ዘመን የነበረ  ካህን፥ (ነህ 10:7)