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.)
father of the sea ...
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
[Abia, Abiah, Or Abijah, Abijah Or Abijam, 1] see Abijah ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary