32. Abihayil or Abichayil
Strong's Lexicon
Abihayil or Abichayil: Abihail or Abichail

Original Word: אֲבִיחַיִל
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Abihayil or Abichayil
Pronunciation: ah-bee-hah'-yil
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-hah'-yil)
Definition: Abihail or Abichail
Meaning: Abihail, Abichail

Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew words אָב (av, meaning "father") and חַיִל (chayil, meaning "strength" or "valor").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: There is no direct Greek equivalent for the Hebrew name Abihayil in the Strong's Greek Dictionary, as it is a proper noun specific to Hebrew culture and lineage.

Usage: The name Abihayil means "my father is might" or "father of strength." It is used as a personal name in the Hebrew Bible, signifying a person whose lineage or character is associated with strength or valor.

Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israelite culture, names often carried significant meanings and were sometimes reflective of the character or destiny of the individual. The name Abihayil, with its connotations of strength and valor, would have been a name of honor, possibly indicating a family known for its bravery or leadership.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from ab and chayil
Definition
"my father is might," an Isr. name
NASB Translation
Abihail (6).

Brown-Driver-Briggs
אֲבִיחַ֫יִל proper name, masculine & feminine (my father is might, Sabean אבחיל HalMA 234) — probably = אֲבִיהַיִל2Chronicles 11:18, אֲבִיהָ֑יִל 1 Chronicles 2:29

1 a Levite Numbers 3:25.

2 a Gadite 1 Chronicles 5:14.

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

4 wife of Abishur 1 Chronicles 2:29.

5 wife of Rehoboam2Chronicles 11:18.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Abihail

Or (more correctly) Abiychayil {ab-ee- khah'-yil}; from 'ab and chayil; father (i.e. Possessor) of might; Abihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two Israelitesses -- Abihail.

see HEBREW chayil

Forms and Transliterations
אֲבִיהַ֕יִל אֲבִיהָ֑יִל אֲבִיחַ֗יִל אֲבִיחַ֛יִל אֲבִיחַ֣יִל אֲבִיחָ֑יִל אביהיל אביחיל ’ă·ḇî·ha·yil ’ă·ḇî·hā·yil ’ă·ḇî·ḥa·yil ’ă·ḇî·ḥā·yil ’ăḇîhayil ’ăḇîhāyil ’ăḇîḥayil ’ăḇîḥāyil aviChayil aviHayil
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Englishman's Concordance
Numbers 3:35
HEB: צוּרִיאֵ֖ל בֶּן־ אֲבִיחָ֑יִל עַ֣ל יֶ֧רֶךְ
NAS: the son of Abihail. They [were] to camp
KJV: the son of Abihail: [these] shall pitch
INT: Zuriel the son of Abihail and side

1 Chronicles 2:29
HEB: אֵ֥שֶׁת אֲבִישׁ֖וּר אֲבִיהָ֑יִל וַתֵּ֣לֶד ל֔וֹ
NAS: wife [was] Abihail, and she bore
KJV: of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bare
INT: wife of Abishur's Abihail bore Ahban

1 Chronicles 5:14
HEB: אֵ֣לֶּה ׀ בְּנֵ֣י אֲבִיחַ֗יִל בֶּן־ חוּרִ֡י
NAS: [were] the sons of Abihail, the son
KJV: These [are] the children of Abihail the son
INT: These the sons of Abihail the son of Huri

2 Chronicles 11:18
HEB: בֶּן־ דָּוִ֑יד אֲבִיהַ֕יִל בַּת־ אֱלִיאָ֖ב
NAS: of David [and of] Abihail the daughter
KJV: to wife, [and] Abihail the daughter
INT: the son of David Abihail the daughter of Eliab

Esther 2:15
HEB: אֶסְתֵּ֣ר בַּת־ אֲבִיחַ֣יִל דֹּ֣ד מָרְדֳּכַ֡י
NAS: the daughter of Abihail the uncle
KJV: the daughter of Abihail the uncle
INT: of Esther the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai

Esther 9:29
HEB: הַמַּלְכָּ֧ה בַת־ אֲבִיחַ֛יִל וּמָרְדֳּכַ֥י הַיְּהוּדִ֖י
NAS: daughter of Abihail, with Mordecai
KJV: the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai
INT: Queen daughter of Abihail Mordecai the Jew

6 Occurrences

Strong's Hebrew 32
6 Occurrences


’ă·ḇî·ḥā·yil — 4 Occ.
’ă·ḇî·hā·yil — 2 Occ.
















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