Abihud
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Abihud - father of renown. (1.) One of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin
Benjamin
Benjamin was the last-born of Jacob's twelve sons, and the second and last son of Rachel in Jewish, Christian and Islamic tradition. He was the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Benjamin. In the Biblical account, unlike Rachel's first son, Joseph, Benjamin was born in Canaan. He died in Egypt on...

 (1 Chr. 8:3); called also Ahihud
Ahihud
Ahihud - brother of union. A son of Bela, the sonof Benjamin . Name different in Hebrew, meaning father of Judah. Chief Slaveof the tribe of Asher; one of those appointed by Moses to...

 (ver. 7).

(2.) A descendant of Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel
Zerubbabel was a governor of the Persian Province of Judah and the grandson of Jehoiachin, penultimate king of Judah. Zerubbabel led the first group of Jews, numbering 42,360, who returned from the Babylonian Captivity in the first year of Cyrus, King of Persia . The date is generally thought to...

 and father of Eliakim (Matthew 1:13
Matthew 1:13
Matthew 1:13 is the thirteenth verse of Matthew 1 of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. The verse is part of the section where the genealogy of Joseph, the father of Jesus, is listed...

, "Abiud"); called also Juda (Luke 3:26), and Obadiah
Obadiah
Obadiah is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh." It is related to "Abdeel", "servant of God", which is also cognate to the Arabic name "Abdullah". Turkish name Abdil or Abdi. The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is...

 (1 Chr. 3:21).

The name may also occasionally be romanized as Abioud (Greek) or 'Abiyhuwd (Hebrew).

Meaning and origin of Abiud

Gender: Male

Ethnic Origin: Biblical

Meaning:
Father of praise
Father of renown
My father is majesty
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