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Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, Biblical Hebrew, Hebrew
Scripts אֲבִיָּם(Hebrew) Αβιού(Greek)
Other Forms FormsʾĂḇiyyām, ʼAḇīyyām, ʼAvīyam, Aviyyam, Aviyyom (variant Hebrew transcriptions), Avioú (Greek), Abiam (Latin)
Meaning & History
Means "father of the sea" or "my father is the sea" in Hebrew. Alternatively, it can also be a masculine variant of Abijah. This name was borne by the second king of Judah (who was also known as Abijah).