A name from Scripture
Abijah
uh-BY-juh
Meaning
My father is the LORD; The LORD is my father
Hebrew origin · Unisex · First in 1 Samuel
What it points to
Abijah — 'the LORD is my father' — declares the most intimate relationship possible with God. Across its many bearers, the name teaches that claiming God as Father is both a privilege and a responsibility.
Verses · King James Version
“And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim... and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel; Ought ye not to know that the LORD God of Israel gave the kingdom over Israel to David for ever?”
2 Chronicles 13:4-5
“There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia.”
Luke 1:5