Abia - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H7 — abad (“destroy”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G7 Ἀβιά (Abia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Abia (ab-ee-ah') n/p. 1. Abijah, the name of two Israelites [of Hebrew origin (H29)] It has 25 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include abia. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Abia (ab-ee-ah') n/p. 1. Abijah, the name of two Israelites [of Hebrew origin (H29)] KJV: Abia Root(s): H29
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Abijah
Usage: Ἀβιά (Heb. אֲבִיָּה, אֲבִיָּהוּ), ὁ, indecl. (in FlJ, Ἀβίας, -α), Abia, Abijah. __1. Son of Rehoboam (3Ki.14:1): Mat.1:7. __2. A priest of the line of Eleazar (1Ch.24:3, 10): Luk.1:5. † (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Abia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
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Strong's G7 (Ἀβιά) appears 23 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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2 indexed usages in New Testament.
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
23 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And these are the names of his sons; Joel the firstborn, and the name of the second Abijah, judges in Beersheba.
And there were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Tamar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Rehoboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abijah.
Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G7.
And these are the names of his sons; Joel the firstborn, and the name of the second Abijah, judges in Beersheba.
And there were born to Absalom three sons and one daughter, and her name was Tamar: she was a very beautiful woman, and she becomes the wife of Rehoboam son of Solomon, and she bears to him Abijah.
Jehoash began to reign in the seventh year of Jehu, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Zibiah of Beersheba.
And after the death of Hezron, Caleb came to Ephrathah; and the wife of Hezron was Abia; and she bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
The sons of Solomon; Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
The sons of Samuel; the firstborn Sani, and Abijah.
the seventh to Hakkoz, the eighth to Abijah,
And afterward he took to himself Maacah the daughter of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.
And he made Abijah the son of Maacah chief, even a leader among his brethren, for he intended to make him king.
And Rehoboam made war with Jeroboam all his days. And Rehoboam died with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David: and Abijah his son reigned in his stead.
In the eighteenth year of the reign of Jeroboam Abijah began to reign over Judah.
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Micaiah, daughter of Uriel of Gibeon. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
And Abijah set the battle in array with an army, with mighty men of war, even four hundred thousand mighty men: and Jeroboam set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand, they were mighty warriors of the host.
And Abijah rose up from the Mount Zemaraim, which is in Mount Ephraim, and said, Hear ye, Jeroboam, and all Israel:
And the men of Judah shouted: and it came to pass, when the men of Judah shouted, that the Lord smote Jeroboam and Israel before Abijah and Judah.
And Abijah and his people smote them with a great slaughter: and there fell slain of Israel five hundred thousand mighty men.
And Abijah pursued after Jeroboam, and he took from him the cities, Bethel and her towns, and Jeshanah and her towns, and Ephron and her towns.
And Jeroboam did not recover strength again all the days of Abijah: and the Lord smote him, and he died.
But Abijah strengthened himself, and took to himself fourteen wives, and he begot twenty-two sons, and sixteen daughters.
And the rest of the acts of Abijah, and his deeds, and his sayings, are written in the book of the prophet Iddo.
And Abijah died with his fathers, and they buried him in the city of David; and Asa his son reigned in his stead. In the days of Asa the land of Judah had rest ten years.
Maaziah, Bilgai, Shemaiah: these were the priests.
Of Abijah, Zichri; of Miniamin, of Moadiah, Piltai:
And Solomon begat Roboam; and Roboam begat Abia; and Abia begat Asa;
THERE was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
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Abia (Strong's G7) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Abia". Abia (ab-ee-ah') n/p. 1. Abijah, the name of two Israelites [of Hebrew origin (H29)]
This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G7 across 8 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G7 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as abia. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 23 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G7, with linked reader references where each row is available.