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Abihail; a proper name meaning 'my father is might,' borne by several men and women in the Hebrew Bible.
Abihail (avichayil) combines 'avi' ('my father') with 'chayil' ('strength, might'), yielding the theophoric meaning 'my father is might' or 'father of strength.' The name is borne by at least five distinct individuals: a Levite clan leader (Num 3:35), a Gadite (1 Chr 5:14), the father of Queen Esther (Esth 2:15, 9:29), the wife of Abishur (1 Chr 2:29), and a wife of Rehoboam (2 Chr 11:18). Spanish and French preserve recognizable variants—Abihail, Abijail, Abichail—while all point to the same compound name.
Senses
1. Abihail — A personal name meaning 'my father is might,' applied to multiple individuals in Scripture: a Merarite Levite (Num 3:35), a Gadite ancestor (1 Chr 5:14), Esther's father (Esth 2:15, 9:29), the wife of Abishur from Judah's line (1 Chr 2:29), and a wife of King Rehoboam (2 Chr 11:18). The variant spellings in translations (Spanish Abihail/Abijail, French Abichail/Abihail) reflect the alternating Hebrew forms avichayil and avihayil found in the Masoretic Text. 6×
AR["أَبيحايِل", "أَبيهايِل", "أَبيهايِلَ", "أَبِيحَائِيلَ", "أَبِيحَايِلَ", "أَبِيخَايِلَ"]·ben["-অবীহয়িলের", "অবীহয়িল", "অবীহয়িলকে", "অবীহয়িলের"]·DE["Abihail", "[אביהיל]", "[אביחיל]"]·EN["Abihail", "Avichayil"]·FR["Abichaïl", "Abihail"]·heb["אביהיל", "אביחיל"]·HI["अबीहैल", "अबीहैल-का", "अबीहैल-को"]·ID["Abihail", "Eliab"]·IT["Abicail", "Abihail"]·jav["Abihail"]·KO["아비하일", "아비하일의"]·PT["'Avichayil", "Avichayil", "Avihail", "Avihayil", "Aviíaile"]·RU["Авихаиль", "Авихаиля", "Авихайил", "Авихайила", "Авихайла"]·ES["Abihail", "Abihayil", "Abijail", "Abijayil"]·SW["Abihaili"]·TR["Avihayil", "Avihayil'in"]·urd["ابی-خیل", "ابیحائل-کے", "ابیخیل", "ابیہائل"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† אֲבִיחַ֫יִל n.pr.m. & f. (my father is might, Sab. אבחיל HalMA 234)—prob. = אֲבִיהַיִל 2 Ch 11:18, אֲבִיהָ֑יִל 1 Ch 2:29— 1. a Levite Nu 3:35. 2. a Gadite 1 Ch 5:14. 3. father of Esther Est 2:15; 9:29. 4. wife of Abishur 1 Ch 2:29. 5. wife of Rehoboam 2 Ch 11:18.