אֲבִיהַיִלʼĂbîyhayil

Meanings

Same root

• אָבʼâb · H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
• חַיִלchayil · H2428probably a force, whether of men, means or other resources; an army, wealth, virtue, valor, strength

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

• Numbers 3:35 They were assigned the area north of the Tabernacle for their camp. The leader of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail.
• 1 Chronicles 2:29 The sons of Abishur and his wife Abihail were Ahban and Molid.
• 1 Chronicles 5:14 These were all descendants of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.
• 2 Chronicles 11:18 Rehoboam married his cousin Mahalath, the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.
• Esther 2:15 Esther was the daughter of Abihail, who was Mordecai’s uncle. (Mordecai had adopted his younger cousin Esther.) When it was Esther’s turn to go to the king, she accepted the advice of Hegai, the eunuch in charge of the harem. She asked for nothing except what he suggested, and she was admired by everyone who saw her.
• Esther 9:29 Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote another letter putting the queen’s full authority behind Mordecai’s letter to establish the Festival of Purim.