[Ăbihā'il] – father of might.

1. A Levite, father of Zuriel, the chief of the Merarites in the time of Moses (Num. 3:35: - ³⁵ The leader of the families of the Merarite clans was Zuriel son of Abihail; they were to camp on the north side of the tabernacle).

2. The head of a family of the tribe of Gad (1 Chron. 5:14: - ¹⁴These 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).

3. The father of Esther, the niece ofMordecai who became Queen of Persia in the place of Vashti (Esther 2:15; 9:29: - ¹⁵ When the turn came for Esther (the young woman Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king’s eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her. ²⁹ So Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim).