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Abihu

American  
[uh-bahy-hyoo] / əˈbaɪ hju /
Douay Bible, Abiu

noun

  1. (in the Bible) a son of Aaron who, with his brother Nadab, was consumed by fire from heaven for disobeying the Lord.


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Probably, therefore, Nadab and Abihu 'offered strange fire,' immediately after the fire from Jehovah had consumed the appointed sacrifice.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander

Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; and they saw the Elohe of Israel, and there was under his feet as it were a paved work....

From The Messiah in Moses and the Prophets by Lord, Eleazar

"The four were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, and the two were Nadab and Abihu."

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 4 by Radin, Paul

Then went up Moses and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel; 10.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander

Moses, Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu Climbed and saw the very God, the Highest,175 Stand upon the paved work of a sapphire.

From Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning by Reynolds, Myra

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