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(‘ ÁâéÜ ), a Graecized form of the name ABIJAH SEE ABIJAH (Mat_1:7; Luk_1:5). It also occurs (1Ch_3:10) instead of ABIAH SEE ABIAH (q.v.).
Abia
in Greek mythology, was a nurse of Hyllus, who built for the father of her charge, Hercules, a temple at Ira, in Messenia, in remembrance of whom Presphontes called this city Abia.