Abihu

Abihu in Wikipedia

In the Book of Exodus and Book of Numbers, Nadab (Hebrew: נדב, Nadav ; "generous, giving") and Abihu (Hebrew: אביהוא, Avihu ; "He God is my father") were respectively the eldest and second-eldest of the sons of Aaron.[1][2][3] They were consecrated to the priest's office along with their brothers Eleazar and Ithamar.[4] With their father, Nada...

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Abihu in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

a-bi'-hu ('abhihu', "father he is," or "my father he is"): Second son of Aaron, the high priest (Ex 6:23). With his older brother Nadab he "died before Yahweh," when the two "offered strange fire" (Lev 10:1,2). It may be inferred from the emphatic prohibition of wine or strong drink, laid upon the priests immediately after this tragedy, that t...

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Abihu in Naves Topical Bible

Son of Aaron Ex 6:23; Nu 3:2 -Summoned by God to Sinai Ex 24:9 -Called to the priesthood Ex 28:1 -Death of Le 10:1,2; Nu 26:61 -Died childless Nu 3:4...

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Abihu in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(he (God) is my father), the second son, Nu 3:2 of Aaron by Elisheba. Ex 6:23 Being, together with his elder brother Nadab, guilty of offering strange fire to the lord, he was consumed by fire from heaven. Le 10:1,2...

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Abihu in Easton's Bible Dictionary

father of Him; i.e., "worshipper of God", the second of the sons of Aaron (Ex. 6:23; Num. 3:2; 26:60; 1 Chr. 6:3). Along with his three brothers he was consecrated to the priest's office (Ex. 28:1). With his father and elder brother he accompanied the seventy elders part of the way up the mount with Moses (Ex. 24:1,9). On one occasion he ...

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Abihu in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Second son of Aaron by Elisheba (Exodus 6:23; Numbers 3:2). With Aaron, Nadab, and the 70 elders, he accompanied Moses up Sinai to a limited distance (Exodus 24:1). On his death by fire from heaven, in punishment for offering strange fire, (See AARON above. A standing example of that divine wrath which shall consume all who offer God devotion ...

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Abihu Scripture - 1 Chronicles 24:1

Now [these are] the divisions of the sons of Aaron. The sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar....

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Abihu Scripture - Exodus 28:1

And take thou unto thee Aaron thy brother, and his sons with him, from among the children of Israel, that he may minister unto me in the priest's office, [even] Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron's sons....

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Abihu Scripture - Numbers 3:4

And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest's office in the sight of Aaron their father....

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