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Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Aiah

Aiah [N] [S]

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Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Aiah'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Aiah

AIAH

a'-ya ('ayyah, "falcon"; once in the King James Version Ajah, Genesis 36:24):

(1) A Horite, son of Zibeon, and brother of Anah, who was father of one of Esau's wives (Genesis 36:24; 1 Chronicles 1:40).

(2) Father of Rizpah, a concubine of Saul, about whom Ishbosheth falsely accused Abner (2 Samuel 3:7), and whose sons were hanged to appease the Gibeonites, whom Saul had wronged (2 Samuel 21:8-11).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'AIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.