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Lexicon :: Strong's H26 - 'ăḇîḡayil

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אֲבִיגַיִל
Transliteration
'ăḇîḡayil
Pronunciation
ab-ee-gah'-yil
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Part of Speech
proper feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲבִיגַיִל ʼĂbîygayil, ab-ee-gah'-yil; or shorter אֲבִיגַל ʼĂbîygal; from H1 and H1524; father (i.e. source) of joy; Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses:—Abigal.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H26 in the following manner: Abigail (17x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H26 in the following manner: Abigail (17x).

  1. Abigail = "my father is joy"

    1. wife of Nabal, then of David

    2. sister of David

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבִיגַיִל ʼĂbîygayil, ab-ee-gah'-yil; or shorter אֲבִיגַל ʼĂbîygal; from H1 and H1524; father (i.e. source) of joy; Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses:—Abigal.
STRONGS H26: Abbreviations
† אֲבִיגַ֫יִל proper name, feminine (my father is joy (?) originally אבגל ? (אֲבִגֵל ? compare MT below & NöZMG 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 1 Samuel 25:18 see אֲבִיגַיִל above.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

25:3; 25:14; 25:18; 25:18; 25:23; 25:32; 25:36; 25:39; 25:40; 25:42; 27:3; 30:5

2 Samuel

2:2; 3:3; 17:25

1 Chronicles

2:16; 2:17; 3:1

H26

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H26 matches the Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל ('ăḇîḡayil),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:3 - And the man's name was Nabal, and his wife's name was Abigaia: and his wife was of good understanding and very beautiful in person: but the man was harsh and evil in his doings, and the man was churlish.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:14 - And one of the servants reported to Abigaia the wife of Nabal, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our lord; but he turned away from them.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:18 - And Abigaia hasted, and took two hundred loaves, and two vessels of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five ephahs of fine flour, and one homer of dried grapes, and two hundred cakes of figs, and put them upon asses.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:23 - And Abigaia saw David, and she hasted, and alighted from her ass; and she fell before David on her face, and did obeisance to him, bowing to the ground

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:32

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:32 - And David said to Abigaia, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, who sent thee this very day to meet me:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry [fn]within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:39 - And David heard it [fn]and said, Blessed be the Lord, who has judged the cause of my reproach at the hand of Nabal, and has delivered his servant [fn]from the power of evil; and the Lord has returned the mischief of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and spoke concerning Abigaia, to take her to himself for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:40 - So the servants of David came to Abigaia to Carmel, and spoke to her, saying, David has sent us to thee, to take thee to himself for a wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:42 - And Abigaia arose, and mounted her ass, and five damsels followed her: and she went after the servants of David, and became his wife.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 27:3 - And David dwelt with Anchus, he and his men, each with his family; and David and both his wives, Achinaam the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:5 - And both the wives of David were carried captive, Achinaam the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:2 - And David went up thither to Chebron, he and both his wives, Achinaam the Jezraelitess, and Abigaia the wife of Nabal the Carmelite,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - And his second son was Daluia, the son of Abigaia the Carmelitess; and the third, Abessalom the son of Maacha the daughter of Tholmi the king of Gessir.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Abessalom appointed Amessai in the room of Joab over the host. And Amessai was the son of a man [fn]whose name was Jether of Jezrael: he went in to Abigaia the daughter of Naas, the sister of Saruia the mother of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - And their sister was Saruia, and another Abigaia: and the sons of Saruia were Abisa, and Joab, and Asael, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:17 - And Abigaia bore Amessab: and the father of Amessab was Jothor the Ismaelite.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:1 - Now these were the sons of David that were born to him in Chebron; the first-born Amnon, born of Achinaam the Jezraelitess; the second Damniel, of Abigaia the Carmelitess.
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