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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(progenitor). Mother of King Hezekiah and daughter of Zachariah (2 Kings 18:2²Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. (2 Kings 18:2); Isa. 8:2²And I took unto me faithful witnesses to record, Uriah the priest, and Zechariah the son of Jeberechiah. (Isaiah 8:2)). Abijah (2 Chron. 29:1¹Hezekiah began to reign when he was five and twenty years old, and he reigned nine and twenty years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Abijah, the daughter of Zechariah. (2 Chronicles 29:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

See ABIJAH, No. 4.

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

21 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Abiy

Phonic:

ab-ee’

Meaning:

from 1; fatherly; Abi, Hezekiah's mother

KJV Usage:

Abi

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

my father (or fatherly)

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

My father; ancestor; founder:―mother of Hezekiah [ABIJAH], 2 Kings 18:2. {Pater meus}