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Abi — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֲבִי

אֲבִי

ʼĂbîy · pronounced ab-ee' · Strong's H21 · a woman

Abi means fatherly.

Built from

אָב ʼâb (from, H1) — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H1; fatherly; Abi, Hezekiah's mother.

First appearance

2Kgs 18:2 Twenty and five years old was he when he began to reign; and he reigned twenty and nine years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Abi, the daughter of Zachariah. (KJV)

Every verse that names Abi

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 2 Kings

2Kgs 18:2

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