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Aphiah

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(refreshed). A progenitor of Saul (1 Sam. 9:1¹Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. (1 Samuel 9:1)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

A “mighty man of power,” an ancestor of Saul (1 Sam. 9:1¹Now there was a man of Benjamin, whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Bechorath, the son of Aphiah, a Benjamite, a mighty man of power. (1 Samuel 9:1)).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

647 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Aphiyach

Phonic:

af-ee’-akh

Meaning:

perhaps from 6315; breeze; Aphiach, an Israelite

KJV Usage:

Aphiah

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

I will make to breathe

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Breathing; groaning; speaking; breeze; rekindled; refreshed:―a progenitor of Saul, 1 Sam. 9:1. {Anhelitus; gemitus}