The Greek proper noun Abioud (Ἀβιούδ) is the Greek rendering of the Hebrew Abihud — meaning "My Father is majesty" or "Father of honor/praise." The name appears only once in the New Testament (Matthew 1:13) as a post-exilic ancestor of Jesus, the son of Zerubbabel in the Messianic genealogy.
Abiud appears in the genealogy of Matthew 1 in the third section — after the Babylonian exile — during the period when Israel had no king and the Davidic throne lay dormant. The name Abiud — "My Father is majesty" — carries remarkable hope in this context: even when the monarchy seemed extinguished, the line of David continued, preserving the seed of the Messiah through generations of ordinary, unnamed lives. Matthew's genealogy is a theological statement that God's faithfulness is unwavering even through historical catastrophe. The presence of Zerubbabel (the last recognized Davidic leader) and his descendants confirms that God never abandoned His covenant promise to David (2 Samuel 7:16).