King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H281
Transliteration: 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
Word 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.)