In the bible, Abihail is the name of the father of Zuriel (NUM 3:35), as well as name of wife of Abishur (1CH 2:29), son of Huri (1CH 5:14, Gadite (1CH 5:11), the daughter of Eliab_3 (2CH 11:18), and Esther's father and Mordecai's uncle (EST 2:15). Meaning of the name: the father of strength. Related names are:
Esther,
Mordecai,
Jeush (and others ...)
. The translations of Abihail in 21 languages of the Bible are illustrated in the
ichthys
below, from
A-Bi-Hai in Vietnamese to
אֲבִיחָ֑יִל in Hebrew!
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. (NUM 3:35)
And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. (1CH 2:29)
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; (1CH 5:14)
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse; (2CH 11:18)
Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her. (EST 2:15)
Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim. (EST 9:29)