Ahiah (Hebrew 'Aḇiyyah "Brother of Yahweh"; name of ~20 persons in the Old Testament, translated by the Vulgate as Achias or Ahia [q.v.]; Septuagint: 'Aẓīẓ) (ACHIA (EBR. 'ABIYYAH «FRATELLO DI JAHWEH»; NOME DI CA. 20 PERSONE NEL VECCHIO TESTAMENTO, TRADOTTO DALLA VOLGATA ACHIAS O AHIA [V.]; SETTANTA: 'AẒĪẒ))

Ahiah (Hebrew 'Aḇiyyah "Brother of Yahweh"; name of ~20 persons in the Old Testament, translated by the Vulgate as Achias or Ahia [q.v.]; Septuagint: 'Aẓīẓ)

ACHIA (EBR. 'ABIYYAH «FRATELLO DI JAHWEH»; NOME DI CA. 20 PERSONE NEL VECCHIO TESTAMENTO, TRADOTTO DALLA VOLGATA ACHIAS O AHIA [V.]; SETTANTA: 'AẒĪẒ)

Volume I · p. 158 · 1948

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

ACHIA (Hebr. 'Abiyyah, “brother of Yahweh”; the name of about 20 persons in the Old Testament, translated by the Vulgate as Achias or Ahia [v.]; Septuagint: 'Aẓīẓ).—Eli (v.), through his grandfather Phinees and his father Achitob. He was high priest and minister of the ephod during Saul’s war against the Philistines. When Saul wished to surprise the enemy with 600 men, he summoned A. to consult the oracle (I Sam. 14:3–18). While the Masoretic text and the Vulgate have (v. 18): “Bring the ark near” (the ark was then at Cariathiarim, under the vigilant surveillance of the Philistines, cf. V. 3), the true reading is given by the Greek versions: “And Saul said to Achia: Bring the ephod near.” In the same book (chaps. 21–22), Achimelek (v.) is mentioned as high priest, likewise a son of Achitob; it is the common opinion that this is the same A.

Francesco Spadafora