Word Study · Strong's H26 · Hebrew
אֲבִיגַיִל
Abigayil
ab-ee-gah'-yil
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂbîygayil
“Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses
Rendered in the KJV as
Abigal.
- 17occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 15inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 17 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 15
- וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִל3
- אֲבִגָ֑יִל1
- אֲבִיגַ֡יִל1
- אֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙1
- אֲבִיגַ֖יִל1
- אֲבִיגַ֗יִל1
- אֲבִיגַ֣יִל׀1
- אֲבִיגַ֣ל1
- בַּאֲבִיגַ֔יִל1
- וַאֲבִיגַ֥יִל1
- וַאֲבִיגָ֑יִל1
- וְלַאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙1
and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 7
- Abigail6
- and Abigail5
- to Abigail2
- [was] Abigail1
- and to Abigail1
- of Abigail1
- with Abigail1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 4
- proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)5
- preposition + proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpf · 7
- HC/Npf · 5
- HR/Npf · 4
- HC/R/Npf · 1
All 17, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
1 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
1 Samuel11 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 25:3אֲבִגָ֑יִלʾavigayilproper noun (a name)His name was Nabal, and his wife’s name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband, a Calebite, was harsh and evil in his dealings.here: [was] Abigail
- 1 Samuel 25:14וְלַאֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙velaavigayilconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s young men informed Nabal’s wife Abigail, “Look, David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he scolded them.here: and to Abigail
- 1 Samuel 25:18אֲבִיגַ֡יִלʾavogayilproper noun (a name)Then Abigail hurried and took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five butchered sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs. She loaded them on donkeyshere: Abigail
- 1 Samuel 25:23אֲבִיגַ֙יִל֙ʾavigayilproper noun (a name)When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off the donkey, fell facedown, and bowed before him.here: Abigail
- 1 Samuel 25:32לַאֲבִיגַ֑לlaavigalpreposition + proper noun (a name)Then David said to Abigail, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Israel, who sent you to meet me this day!here: to Abigail
- 1 Samuel 25:36אֲבִיגַ֣יִל׀ʾavigayilproper noun (a name)When Abigail returned to Nabal, there he was in the house, holding a feast fit for a king, in high spirits and very drunk. So she told him nothing until morning light.here: Abigail
- 1 Samuel 25:39בַּאֲבִיגַ֔יִלbaavigayilpreposition + proper noun (a name)On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.here: with Abigail
- 1 Samuel 25:40אֲבִיגַ֖יִלʾavigayilproper noun (a name)When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”here: Abigail
- 1 Samuel 25:42אֲבִיגַ֗יִלʾavigayilproper noun (a name)So Abigail hurried and got on a donkey, and attended by five of her maidens, she followed David’s messengers and became his wife.here: Abigail
- 1 Samuel 27:3וַאֲבִיגַ֥יִלvaavigayilconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)David and his men settled in Gath with Achish. Each man had his family with him, and David had his two wives: Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail of Carmel, the widow of Nabal.here: and Abigail
- 1 Samuel 30:5וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִלvaavigayilconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)David’s two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel, had been taken captive.here: and Abigail
2 Samuel3 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:2וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִלvaavigayilconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So David went there with his two wives, Ahinoam of Jezreel and Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel.here: and Abigail
- 2 Samuel 3:3לַאֲֽבִיגַ֕יִלlaavigelpreposition + proper noun (a name)his second was Chileab, by Abigail the widow of Nabal of Carmel; his third was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;here: of Abigail
- 2 Samuel 17:25אֲבִיגַ֣לʾavigalproper noun (a name)Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of a man named Ithra, the Ishmaelite who had married Abigail, the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.here: Abigail
1 Chronicles3 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:16וַאֲבִיגָ֑יִלvaavigayilconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.here: and Abigail
- 1 Chronicles 2:17וַאֲבִיגַ֕יִלvaavigayilconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.here: and Abigail
- 1 Chronicles 3:1לַאֲבִיגַ֖יִלlaavigayilpreposition + proper noun (a name)These were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was Amnon by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second was Daniel by Abigail of Carmel;here: to Abigail