אֲחִיָּה

† אֲחִיָּ֫הוּ, אֲחִיָּה (always, except where other form noted), אֲחִי n.pr.m. (brother of Yah(u), cf. Ph. חמלך brother of Milk, & especially אחתמלך sister of Milk, where אחת must be cstr. since מלך is a male deity; cf. Carth. חתמלקרת Euting 213). a priest 1 S 14:3, 18. a scribe 1 K 4:3. a prophet 1 K 11:29, 30; 12:15; 14:2, 4; 15:29 2 Ch 9:29; 1 K 14:4, 5, 6, 18 2 Ch 10:15 (last five אֲחִיָּהוּ). father of king Baasha 1 K 15:27, 33; 21:22 2 K 9:9. grandson of Hezron 1 Ch 2:25, or perhaps n.pr.f., mother of preceding four, cf. Be. son of Ehud, of Benj. 1 Ch 8:7 = אֲחוֹחַ v 4. one of Dvd’s heroes 1 Ch 11:36. a Levite, Dvd’s time 1 Ch 26:20. a chief man under Nehem. Ne 10:27. a Gadite 1 Ch 5:15 (אֲחִי). a man of Asher 1 Ch 7:34 (id.)