Dictionaries :: Aiah

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Aiah:

vulture, raven; an isle; alas, where is it?

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Aiah:

a'-ya ('ayyath, "falcon"; once in the King James Version Aj ah, Ge 36:24):

(1) A Ho rite, son of Zib eon, and brother of Anah, who was father of one of Esau's wives (Ge 36:24; 1Ch 1:40).

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

Nave's Topical Bible

Aiah:

See AJAH

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Aiah:

(clamor).

(1.) Son of Zibeon, a descendant of Seir and ancestor of one of the wives of Esau (1 Chronicles 1:40) called in Genesis 36:24 AJAH. Ajah is the same as AIAH. He probably died before his father, as the succession fell to his brother Anah.

(2.) Father of Rizpah, the concubine of Saul (2 Samuel 3:7; 21:8; 21:10-11). (B.C. before 1040)