Abihu

[ uh-bahy-hyoo ]

/ əˈbaɪ hyu /

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noun

a son of Aaron who, with his brother Nadab, was consumed by fire from heaven for disobeying the Lord. Leviticus 10:1–5.

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Also Douay Bible, A·bi·u

[uh-bahy-yoo] /əˈbaɪ yu/ .

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The punishment was like the punishment of Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, for offering strange fire in their censers.
The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel|W. G. Blaikie
Under the distant group of trees appears Moses, conducted by some younger personage (Nadab or Abihu).
Modern Painters, Volume V (of 5)|John Ruskin
Nadab and Abihu, the two eldest, had sinned presumptuously, and brought on themselves the doom of death.
The Expositor's Bible:The Book of Numbers|Robert A. Watson
But the two other sons of Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, felt differently.
A Manual for Teaching Biblical History|Eugene Kohn

The punishment of Nadab and Abihu by death for offering “strange fire” (x. 1-5) forms a natural sequel to chap.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 5|Various