Lexical Summary Achiyyah: "brother of Yah", an Israelite name Original Word: אֲחִיָּהTransliteration: Achiyyah Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ee-yaw) Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine Short Definition: "brother of Yah", an Israelite name Meaning: Ahijah -- "brother of Yah", an Israelite name Strong's Concordance Ahiah, Ahijah Or (prolonged) pachiyahuw {akh-ee-yaw'-hoo}; from 'ach and Yahh; brother (i.e. Worshipper) of Jah; Achijah, the name of nine Israelites -- Ahiah, Ahijah. see HEBREW 'ach see HEBREW Yahh Brown-Driver-Briggs H281. Achiyyah אֲחִיָּה אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ, (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, 12:15; 14:2, 4; 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; 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, 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 Nehem. Nehemiah 10:27. 10 a Gadite 1 Chronicles 5:15 (אֲחִי). 11 a man of Asher 1 Chronicles 7:34 (id.) |
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