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Abihail in the Bible.

The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai. The King James Version names Abihail in 2 verses, from Esther 2:15 to Esther 9:29. The King James Version also gives the name Abihail to 4 other people, listed on this page.

Abihail’s family.

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Who Abihail was.

The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai (Esther 2:15).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

All 2 verses that name this Abihail.

Esther 2

  • Esther 2:15Now 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.
  • Esther 9:29Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

Other people called Abihail.

Abihail, Father of Zuriel.

Named in 1 verse.

  • Numbers 3:35And 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.

Abihail, Wife of Abishur.

Named in 1 verse.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

Abihail, Son of Huri.

Named in 1 verse.

  • 1 Chronicles 5:14These 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;

Abihail, the second wife of King Rehoboam, a descendant of Eliab….

Named in 1 verse.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:18And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;

Questions about Abihail.

Who was Abihail in the Bible?

The father of Esther and uncle of Mordecai. The King James Version names Abihail in 2 verses, from Esther 2:15 to Esther 9:29.

Who was Abihail’s child?

BibleLectio’s family tree lists Esther.

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