a.chiy.yah is a personal name used for several men, notably a prophet who speaks concerning Jeroboam.

The form is used as a proper personal name for several men in narrative, genealogical, and administrative settings. Its most prominent attested use identifies the prophet associated with Jeroboam, while other verses name a priest, a treasury overseer, a secretary, a father of Baasha, and men in family lists.

1. Personal name for several men · dominant

   Every supplied token is tagged "Noun · Proper" and functions as a personal identifier. In 1 Kings 11:29 the APB renders Ahijah the Shilonite meeting Jeroboam; in 1 Samuel 14:3 it identifies a priest carrying an ephod; in 1 Chronicles 26:20 it names the man in charge of treasuries; and in 1 Kings 15:27 it identifies Baasha through his father.

   1 Kings 11:291 Kings 14:41 Kings 15:271 Samuel 14:31 Chronicles 26:201 Chronicles 2:25

In the Anselm Paraphrase: The APB commonly presents the name as "Ahijah," sometimes with identifying descriptions such as "the Shilonite" or "the prophet." In Nehemiah 10:27, however, the supplied APB list does not display the name despite the tagged token; because the paraphrase is not word-aligned, its wording cannot determine the term's precise rendering in every verse.