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(Heb. Abicha'yil, àֲáַéçִéַì , father of [i.e. endowed with] might, or perhaps leader of the song), the name of three men and two women.
1. (Sept. ‘ Áâé÷áú v ë .) The father of Zuriel, which latter was the chief of the Levitical family of Merari at the exode (Num_3:35). B.C. ante 1657.
2. (Sept. ‘ Áâéãáßá v. r. ‘ Áâé÷áßá .) The wife of Abishur (of the family of Jerahmeel), and mother of Ahban and Molid (1Ch_2:29, where the name in some MSS. is Abiha'yil, àֲáַéäִéַì , apparently by error). B.C. considerably post 1612.
3. (Sept. ‘ Áâé÷áßá .) The son of Huri, and one of the family chiefs of the tribe of Gad, who settled in Bashan (1Ch_5:14), B.C. between 1093 and 782.
4. (Sept. ‘ ÁâéáúÜë v. r. ‘ Áâéáú v á and ‘ Áâé÷áßá .) The second wife of king Rehoboam, to whom she or the previous wife bore several sons (2Ch_11:18). B.C. 972. She is there called the “daughter” of Eliab, the son of Jesse, which must mean descendant [ SEE FATHER ], since David, the youngest of his father's sons, was thirty years old when he began to reign, eighty years before her marriage.
5. (Sept. ‘ ÁìéíáäÜâ v. r. ‘ Áâé÷áú v á .) The father of Esther, and uncle of Mordecai (Est_2:15; Est_9:29;' comp. 2:7). B.C. ante 479.