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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Abihu

And God said unto Moses, Come up unto the Lord, thou, and Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the Elders of Israel.

From Leviathan by Thomas Hobbes

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

From Men and Women by Charlotte Endymion Porter

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 Alexander Maclaren

Moncæus said that Aaron got his idea on the mountain, where he was once admitted with Moses; and on another occasion with Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders.

From The Masculine Cross A History of Ancient and Modern Crosses and Their Connection with the Mysteries of Sex Worship; Also an Account of the Kindred Phases of Phallic Faiths and Practices by Anonymous

Nadab and Abihu had been consecrated for the purpose of enforcing the truth of God's holiness.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Alexander Maclaren

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