Lexicon Abigayil: "my father is joy," two Israelite women Original Word: אֲבִיגַ֫יִלPart of Speech: Proper Name Feminine Transliteration: Abigayil Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-gah'-yil) Short Definition: Abigail NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom ab and gilDefinition"my father is joy," two Isr. women NASB TranslationAbigail (17).
Brown-Driver-Briggs אֲבִיגַ֫יִל proper name, feminine ( my father is joy (?) originally אבגל? ( אֲבִגֵל? compare ᵑ0 below & Nö ZMG 1883, 537 Anm2). 1 wife of Nabal, then of David 1 Samuel 25:14,23,39,40,42; 1 Samuel 27:3; 1 Samuel 30:5; 2 Samuel 2:2; 1 Chronicles 3:1; = אֲבִגַיִל 1 Samuel 25:3,36 אֲבִו֯גַיִל 1 Samuel 25:18, אֲבִיגָל֑ 1 Samuel 25:32, אֲבִיגַ֯לִ 2 Samuel 3:3. 2 sister of David 1 Chronicles 2:16,17 = אֲבִיגַל 2 Samuel 17:25. אבוגיל Kt 2Sam 25:18 see אֲבִיגַיִל below II. אבה. Strong's Abigal Or shorter Abiygal {ab-ee-gal'}; from 'ab and giyl; father (i.e. Source) of joy; Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses -- Abigal. see HEBREW 'ab see HEBREW giyl |
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