Bible Dictionaries
Ahiah

Holman Bible Dictionary

(uh hi' uh) Personal name meaning, “Yahweh is my brother.” Variant spelling of Ahijah but not used consistently by English translations to reflect Hebrew spellings: 1. achiyah —1Samuel 14:3,1 Samuel 14:18; 2 Samuel 23:34; 1 Kings 4:3; 1 Kings 11:29-30; 1 Kings 12:15; 1Kings 14:2,1 Kings 14:4; 1 Kings 15:27-33; 1 Chronicles 2:25; 1 Chronicles 8:7; 1 Chronicles 11:36; 1 Chronicles 26:20; 2 Chronicles 9:29; Nehemiah 10:27 . 2 . achiyahu —1Kings 14:4-6,1 Kings 14:18; 2 Chronicles 10:15 . 3 . achyo —2 Samuel 6:3-4; 1 Chronicles 8:14 , 1 Chronicles 8:31; 1 Chronicles 9:37; 1 Chronicles 13:7 . The variation occurs because the Hebrew divine name Yahweh can be abbreviated several ways when joined with another word to form a proper name. Three of the possible forms are illustrated here: yah, yahu, yo. Still more complicating is the English system of transliterating the Hebrew letter yodh sometimes with y, sometimes with j, and sometimes with i. See Ahijah .