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Abiud
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Abiud
Identity
- Name meaning
- father of renown · father of glory (Gk. Abioud = Heb. av-hud)
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Era & origin
- Era
- Post-exilic, c. 5th–4th century BC
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Role
- Role
- Son of Zerubbabel · Ancestor of Joseph in Matthew's genealogy of Christ
- Notable for
- Abiud is named once in scripture — Matthew 1:13 — as a son of Zerubbabel and an ancestor of Joseph in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus Christ: *Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim.*
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Abiud is named once in scripture — Matthew 1:13 — as a son of Zerubbabel and an ancestor of Joseph in Matthew's genealogy of Jesus Christ: *Zorobabel begat Abiud; and Abiud begat Eliakim.*
He does not appear in the parallel Old Testament genealogy at 1 Chronicles 3:19-21, which lists Zerubbabel's sons as Meshullam, Hananiah, and Hashubah. Possible explanations: Abiud was a son not preserved in the Chronicler's list, or Matthew has condensed several generations into a single name. Matthew explicitly arranges his genealogy into three groups of fourteen (Matthew 1:17), so some descent-skipping in the post-exilic stretch is expected.
The Greek form Ἀβιούδ (Abioud) corresponds to the Hebrew *Abihud (father of renown*) — the same name as the Benjamite figure at 1 Chronicles 8:3, though obviously a different person five hundred years later. See also the Abihud entry.
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