אֲבִיחַ֫יִל

a.vi.ha.yilAbihail

hebrewOld TestamentName of a man6 occurrences4 books6 verses

This name belongs to 5 different people in the Bible:

Abihail: Wife of Abishur; mother of Ahban and Molid
Abihail: A Gadite leader from Gilead
Abihail: Mother of Rehoboam's wife Mahalath
Abihail: Father of Esther (Hadassah)
Abihail: Father of Zuriel, a Levite leader

Definition

or (more correctly) אֲבִיחַיִל ; from H1 and H2428; father (i.e. possessor) of might; Abihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two Israelitesses
Traditional renderings: Abihail.

Glossary entries

Abihail

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Occurrences

6 total

Numbers 3:35אֲבִיחָ֑יִל · of Abihail
The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.
1 Chronicles 2:29אֲבִיהָ֑יִל · Abihail
Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.
1 Chronicles 5:14אֲבִיחַ֗יִל · of Abihail
These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
2 Chronicles 11:18אֲבִיהַ֕יִל · and of Abihail
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
Esther 2:15אֲבִיחַ֣יִל · of Abihail
Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.
Esther 9:29אֲבִיחַ֛יִל · of Abihail
So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.