Father of the sea; i.e., “seaman” the name always used in Kings of the king of Judah, the son of Rehoboam, elsewhere called Abijah (1 Kings 15:1, 7, 8). (See ABIJAH.)
BIBLE DICTIONARY
Abijam
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording may reflect the scholarship and language of its era.