Abia
Abia - my father is the Lord, the
Greek form of Abijah, or
Abijam
(Matt. 1:7), instead of Abiah (1 Chr. 7:8). In
Luke 1:5, the
name refers to the head of the eighth of the twenty-four courses
into which
David divided the priests (1 Chr. 24:10).
From Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)