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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H32
a.vi.ha.yil — Abihail
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.3.35; father of: Zuriel (H6700) § Abihail = "my father is might" 1) a Levite in Moses's time 2) a Gadite 3) father of Esther 4) wife of Abishur 5) wife of Rehoboam
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Father of might. (1.) Num. 3:35. (2.) 1 Chr. 2:29. (3.) 1 Chr. 5:14. (4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David’s eldest brother. (5.) The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Esther 2:15).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
And the chief of the house of the father of the families of Merari [was] Zuriel the son of Abihail: [these] shall pitch on the side of the tabernacle northward.
And the name of the wife of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
These [are] the children of Abihail the 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;
