Abihail

the father of strength

Abihail

(father of , i.e. possessing, strength).

1. Father of Zuriel, chief of the Levitical father of Merari, a contemporary of Moses. (Numbers 3:35) (B.C. 1490.)
2. Wife of Abishur. (1 Chronicles 2:29)
3. Son of Huri, of the tribe of Gad. (1 Chronicles 5:14)
4. Wife of Rehoboam. She is called the daughter, i.e. descendant, of Eliab, the elder brother of David. (2 Chronicles 11:18) (B.C. 972.)
5. Father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai. (Esther 2:15; 9:29)

Abihail

The wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, 2Ch 11...18; the "daughter" - that is here, the descendant-of Eliab, David's brother.

Father of might.

(1.) Numbers 3:35.

(2.) 1 Chronicles 2:29.

(3.) 1 Chronicles 5:14.

(4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David's eldest brother.

(5.) The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Esther 2:15).

ABIHAIL

ab'-i-hal ('abhichayil; in some manuscripts 'abhihayil, when feminine, but best reading is the former: "father, or cause, of strength"): Five persons in the Old Testament are called by this name:

(1) A Levite and the father of Zuriel, who in the Wilderness was head of the house of Merari, Levi's youngest son (Numbers 3:35);

(2) The wife of Abishur, a man of the tribe of Judah, in the line of Hazron and Jerahmeel (1 Chronicles 2:29);

(3) One of the heads of the tribe of Gad, who dwelt in Gilead of Bashan (1 Chronicles 5:14);

(4) Either a wife of Rehoboam, king of Judah, or mother of his wife Mahalath, according to the interpretation of the text (2 Chronicles 11:18); probably the latter view is correct, since there is no conjunction in the text, and since (2 Chronicles 11:19) contemplates only one wife as already mentioned. This being true, she was the wife of Jerimath, a son of David, and daughter of Eliab, David's eldest brother. It is interesting to note this frequent intermarriage in the Davidic house;

(5) Father of Queen Esther, who became wife of Xerxes (Biblical Ahasuerus) king of Persia, after the removal of the former queen, Vashti, (Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29). He was uncle of Mordecai.

Edward Mack

32. Abihayil -- "my father is might," an Israelite name
... "my father is might," an Israelite name. Transliteration: Abihayil or Abichayil
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-hah'-yil) Short Definition: Abihail. ... Abihail. ...
/hebrew/32.htm - 6kAbihail (6 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ABIHAIL. ... He was uncle of Mordecai. Edward
Mack. Multi-Version Concordance Abihail (6 Occurrences). ...
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Ab'ihail (6 Occurrences)
Ab'ihail. Abihail, Ab'ihail. Abi-hebron . ... Numbers 3:35 The prince of the fathers'
house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. ...
/a/ab'ihail.htm - 8k

Abishur (2 Occurrences)
... Abishur was son of Shammai, and was the husband of Abihail, and the father of sons
(1 Chronicles 2:28, 29). Multi-Version Concordance Abishur (2 Occurrences). ...
/a/abishur.htm - 7k

Eliab (20 Occurrences)
... the time when it was confronting the Philistines and Goliath, was inclined to lord
it over his brother David (1 Samuel 17:28 f). His daughter Abihail became a ...
/e/eliab.htm - 15k

Mor'decai (51 Occurrences)
... Esther 2:15 Now 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 ...
/m/mor'decai.htm - 20k

Mordecai (52 Occurrences)
... Esther 2:15 Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai,
who had taken her for his daughter, came to go in to the king, she ...
/m/mordecai.htm - 28k

Huri (1 Occurrence)
... HURI. hu'-ri (churi, "linen weaver"): One of the immediate descendants of Gad, and
father of Abihail, a chief man of his family (1 Chronicles 5:14). ...
/h/huri.htm - 7k

Zu'riel (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Zu'riel (1 Occurrence). Numbers 3:35 The prince of the
fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. ...
/z/zu'riel.htm - 6k

Zuriel (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Zuriel (1 Occurrence). Numbers 3:35 The prince of the
fathers' house of the families of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. ...
/z/zuriel.htm - 8k

Northward (41 Occurrences)
... Numbers 3:35 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 ...
/n/northward.htm - 21k

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