Lexical Definition

‎אֲבִיהַיִל‎ ʼĂbîyhayil (ab-ee-hah'-yil) Abihail ^N:N-M-P
or (more correctly) אֲבִיחַיִל ʼĂbîychayil (ab-ee-khah'-yil) ; from ‎אָב‎ and ‎חַיִל‎; father (i.e. possessor) of might

Abihail.

• § Abihail = "my father is might"
• Abihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two Israelitesses

1) a Levite in Moses's time
2) a Gadite
3) father of Esther
4) wife of Abishur
5) wife of Rehoboam

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲבִיחַ֫יִל‎ proper name, masculine & feminine (my father is might, Sabean ‎אבחיל‎ Hal^{MA 234}) — probably = ‎אֲבִיהַיִל‎ 2Chr 11:18, ‎אֲבִיהָ֑יִל‎ 1Chr 2:29 —

1. a Levite Num 3:25.

2. a Gadite 1Chr 5:14.

3. father of Esther Esth 2:15; Esth 9:29.

4. wife of Abishur 1Chr 2:29.

5. wife of Rehoboam 2Chr 11:18.

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