Abihail
אֲבִיחַ֫יִלStrong’s H0032avihayil (a-vi-ha-yil)
Appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avihayil is the Hebrew word usually translated “abihail”. It appears in 6 verses of the Old Testament.
“And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail: these shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.”
Meaning
- A Levite in Moses's time
- A Gadite
- Father of Esther
- Wife of Abishur
- Wife of Rehoboam
- A Levite in Moses's time
- A Gadite
- Father of Esther
- Wife of Abishur
- Wife of Rehoboam
- A Levite in Moses's time
- A Gadite
- Father of Esther
- Wife of Abishur
- Wife of Rehoboam
- A Levite in Moses's time
- A Gadite
- Father of Esther
- Wife of Abishur
- Wife of Rehoboam
- A Levite in Moses's time
- A Gadite
- Father of Esther
- Wife of Abishur
- Wife of Rehoboam
How it's translated
- abihail 6
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Esther 2
- Numbers 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 2:29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
- 1 Chronicles 5:14These are the children of Abihail the 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 11:18And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
- Esther 2:15Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
- Esther 9:29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲבִיחַ֫יִל avihayil · Abihail
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.3.35; father of: Zuriel (H6700) § Abihail = "my father is might" 1) a Levite in Moses's time 2) a Gadite 3) father of Esther 4) wife of Abishur 5) wife of Rehoboam
אֲבִיחַ֫יִל avihayil · Abihail
A womanof the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.29; married to Abishur (H0051); mother of: Ahban (H0257), Molid (H4140) § Abihail = "my father is might" 1) a Levite in Moses's time 2) a Gadite 3) father of Esther 4) wife of Abishur 5) wife of Rehoboam
אֲבִיחַ֫יִל avihayil · Abihail
A man of the tribe of Gad living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.5.14; son of: Huri (H2359); father of: Michael (H4317H), Meshullam (H4918I), Sheba (H7652), Jorai (H3140), Jacan (H3275), Zia (H2127), Eber (H5677H) § Abihail = "my father is might" 1) a Levite in Moses's time 2) a Gadite 3) father of Esther 4) wife of Abishur 5) wife of Rehoboam
אֲבִיחַ֫יִל avihayil · Abihail
A woman of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.11.18; daughter of: Eliab (H0446I); married to Jerimoth (H3406N); mother of: Mahalath (H4258H) § Abihail = "my father is might" 1) a Levite in Moses's time 2) a Gadite 3) father of Esther 4) wife of Abishur 5) wife of Rehoboam
אֲבִיחַ֫יִל avihayil · Abihail
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Est.2.15; father of: Esther (H0635) § Abihail = "my father is might" 1) a Levite in Moses's time 2) a Gadite 3) father of Esther 4) wife of Abishur 5) wife of Rehoboam
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.