{"def":{"lit":"Jehovah is [my] father","short":"Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses","long":["king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam","second son of Samuel","son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel","son of Becher, a Benjamite","head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)","head of a priestly house (after the exile)","wife of Hezron","mother of Hezekiah (compare H0021)"]},"deriv":"or prolonged אֲבִיָּהוּ ; from H0001 and H3050; father (i.e., worshipper) of Jah","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔə̆.bɪjˈjɔː","ipa_mod":"ʔə̆.viˈjɑː","sbl":"ʾăbiyyâ","dic":"uh-bih-YAW","dic_mod":"uh-vee-YA"}}