Person Old Testament
Abiah
Also known as Abiah =KJV; his father =ESV; Abijah =NIV
Abiah was the wife of Hezron who bore Ashhur after her husband's death. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 2:24.
Why it matters. Wife of Hezron, who gave birth after he died
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Abiah
Abiah or Abijah is mentioned briefly in 1Ch.2.24 as the wife of Hezron. The text states that Hezron's wife Abijah boor Abiah bore Ashhur to him after his death. The Hebrew is difficult, so it is uncertain whether Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah or whether this refers to Caleb and his wife Ephrathah,. This suggests that Abiah was conceived before Hezron's death but was born posthumously. Abiah is listed within the genealogy of the tribe of Judah, but no other information is provided about her life or descendants.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)