Strong's Hebrew · H32

H32 ʼĂbîyhayil

אֲבִיהַיִל

ab-ee-hah'-yil

Abihail

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ʼĂbîyhayil appears 6 times in Scripture, in Numbers, 1 Chronicles, 2 Chronicles and Esther. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

Abihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two Israelitesses

In the King James Version

Abihail.

Derivation

or (more correctly) אֲבִיחַיִל ; from H1 (אָב) and H2428 (חַיִל); father (i.e. possessor) of might;

Appears 6 times in Scripture

Esther 2:15

“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.”

1 Chronicles 5:14

“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.”

1 Chronicles 2:29

“Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.”

Numbers 3:35

“The leader of the families of the Merarites was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle.”

Esther 9:29

“So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.”

2 Chronicles 11:18

“And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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