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ā´bı̄ (אבי, 'ăbhı̄): The name of the mother of King Hezekiah, as given in . Most naturally explained as a contraction of Abijah (“Yahweh is a father,” or “is my father”), found in the parallel passage in . The spelling in the oldest translations seems to indicate that 'ăbhı̄ is not a copyist's error, but a genuine contracted form. She is spoken of as the daughter of Zechariah, and was of course the wife of Ahaz.