Abihu

American  

[uh-bahy-hyoo] / əˈbaɪ hyu /

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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Example Sentences

Shortly after this, Moses, Aaron, Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel were called up into the mount, and “they saw the Elohe of Israel.”

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

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

From Biblical Extracts Or, The Holy Scriptures Analyzed; Showing its Contradictions, Absurdities, and Immoralities by Cooper, Robert

The people," he continued, "will surely unbraid thee and Aaron, his two sons Nadab and Abihu, and the seventy elders, if thou continuest in this fashion.

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Radin, Paul

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

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