Word Study · Strong's H32 · Hebrew
אֲבִיהַיִל
Abihayil
ab-ee-hah'-yil
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂbîyhayil
“Abihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two Israelitesses”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two Israelitesses
Rendered in the KJV as
Abihail.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- אֲבִיהַ֕יִל1
- אֲבִיהָ֑יִל1
- אֲבִיחַ֗יִל1
- אֲבִיחַ֣יִל1
- אֲבִיחַ֛יִל1
- אֲבִיחָ֑יִל1
How it is rendered · 2
- Abihail5
- [was] Abihail1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- proper noun (a name)2
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 4
- HNpf · 2
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Chronicles carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:29אֲבִיהָ֑יִלʾavihayilproper noun (a name)Nadab and Abishur. Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.here: [was] Abihail
- 1 Chronicles 5:14אֲבִיחַ֗יִלʾavichayilproper noun (a name)These were the sons of Abihail 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.here: Abihail
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
Esther2 occurrences
- Esther 2:15אֲבִיחַ֣יִלʾavichayilproper noun (a name)Now Esther was the daughter of Abihail, the uncle from whom Mordecai had adopted her as his own daughter. And when it was her turn to go to the king, she did not ask for anything except what Hegai, the king’s trusted official in charge of the harem, had advised. And Esther found favor in the eyes of everyone who saw her.here: Abihail
- Esther 9:29אֲבִיחַ֛יִלʾavichayilproper noun (a name)So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.here: Abihail