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Abigail
Abigail (Hebrew Abigayil, perhaps "father is joy"), or Abigal (2 Samuel 3:3), in the Bible, the wife of Nabal the Carmelite, on whose death she became the wife of David (1 Samuel 25). By her David had a son, whose name appears in the Hebrew of 2 Samuel 3:3 as Chileab, in the Septuagint as Daluyah, and in 1 Chronicles 3:1 as Daniel. The name Abigail was also borne by a sister of David (2 Samuel 17:25; 1 Chronicles 2:16 and following). From the former (self-styled handmaid 1 Samuel 25:25 and following) is derived the colloquial use of the term for a waiting-woman (cf. Abigail, the waiting gentlewoman, in Beaumont and Fletcher's Scornful Lady).
Based on an article from 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
See Also
Abigail's Party
Referenced By
List of Biblical names starting with A | Nabal | Nahash
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