Ayyah אַיָּה
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| אַיָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | ayyah |
| Strong's number | H345 (H0345H, H0345G) |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a man |
| Gloss | Aiah |
| Occurrences | 6 in 6 verses |
| Most frequent in | 2 Samuel (4) |
Ayyah (Hebrew אַיָּה, Strong's H345) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Aiah”. It occurs 6 times.
Definition
H0345H: Aiah
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.7;
father of: Rizpah (H7532)
§ Aiah or Ajah = "falcon"
1) a Horite, son of Zibeon
2) father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine
father of: Rizpah (H7532)
§ Aiah or Ajah = "falcon"
1) a Horite, son of Zibeon
2) father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine
H0345G: Aiah
A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.36.24;
son of: Zibeon (H6649H);
brother of: Anah (H6034I)
§ Aiah or Ajah = "falcon"
1) a Horite, son of Zibeon
2) father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine
son of: Zibeon (H6649H);
brother of: Anah (H6034I)
§ Aiah or Ajah = "falcon"
1) a Horite, son of Zibeon
2) father of Rizpah, Saul's concubine
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | aiah (5), ajah (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | aiah (6) |
Verses
Every verse with Ayyah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 36:24And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.These are the sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah. (This is the Anah who found the hot springs in the wilderness as he was pasturing the donkeys of his father Zibeon.)
2 Samuel
- 2 Samuel 3:7And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ish–bosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father’s concubine?Meanwhile, Saul had a concubine named Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah. So Ish-bosheth questioned Abner, “Why did you sleep with my father’s concubine?”
- 2 Samuel 21:8But the king took the two sons of Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, whom she bare unto Saul, Armoni and Mephibosheth; and the five sons of Michal the daughter of Saul, whom she brought up for Adriel the son of Barzillai the Meholathite:But the king took Armoni and Mephibosheth, the two sons whom Rizpah daughter of Aiah had borne to Saul, as well as the five sons whom Merab daughter of Saul had borne to Adriel son of Barzillai the Meholathite.
- 2 Samuel 21:10And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth, and spread it for her upon the rock, from the beginning of harvest until water dropped upon them out of heaven, and suffered neither the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.And Rizpah the daughter of Aiah took sackcloth and spread it out for herself on a rock. From the beginning of the harvest until the rain from heaven poured down on the bodies, she did not allow the birds of the air to rest on them by day, nor the beasts of the field by night.
- 2 Samuel 21:11And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.When David was told what Saul’s concubine Rizpah, daughter of Aiah, had done,
1 Chronicles
- 1 Chronicles 1:40The sons of Shobal; Alian, and Manahath, and Ebal, Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon; Aiah, and Anah.The sons of Shobal: Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam. The sons of Zibeon: Aiah and Anah.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).