Ayah means “Ajah” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's G345 — anakeimai (“guest”) in the Greek Bible.
Strong's H345 אַיָה (Ayah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Ayah (ah-yaw') n/p. 1. Ajah, the name of two Israelites [the same as H344] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include aiah, name, and two. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
Ayah (ah-yaw') n/p. 1. Ajah, the name of two Israelites [the same as H344] KJV: Aiah, Ajah. Root(s): H344
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Aiah
Usage: A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.24; son of: Zibeon (H6649H); brother of: Anah (H6034I) § Aiah or Ajah = "falcon" 1) a Horite, son of Zibeon 2) father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Ayah, 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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6 indexed usages in Old Testament.
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H345.
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:
And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.
The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. and the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H345, grouped by book.
Ayah (Strong's H345) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Ajah". Ayah (ah-yaw') n/p. 1. Ajah, the name of two Israelites [the same as H344]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's H345 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H345 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as aiah, name, and two. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.