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ʾăvīḥayil אֲבִיחַ֫יִל ‘Abihail’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from ʾāv אָב ‘father’ and ḥayil חַ֫יִל ‘strength’
Roots: חיל

ʾăvīḥayil pr n m pers
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

Mentioned in Numbers 3:35 Esther 2:15, 9:29 1 Chronicles 2:29, 5:14 2 Chronicles 11:18

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