Bible dictionaries

Abital

What Bible dictionaries say about “Abital”, one article after the other.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary

Abital - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Father of dew; i.e., "fresh", David's fifth wife (2 Sam. 3:4).

Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)

ab'-i-tal, a-bi'-tal ('abhiTal, "my father is dew"): One of the wives of King David. In the duplicated list (2Sa 3:4; 1Ch 3:3) in which the sons born to David in Hebron are mentioned and numbered, the fifth is said to be Shephatiah the son of Abital.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2

The article in ISBE 1915

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

(father of the dew), one of Davids wives. (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3)

William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

The article in Smith