Strong H26H26Hאֲבִיגַ֫יִל, אֲבִיגַ֫ל
Abigail
One of the 2 senses of Strong H26
- Transliteration
- 'ăbîygayil 'ăbîygal
- Pronunciation
- {ab-ee-gah'yil} ab-ee-gal'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.17.25;
daughter of: Nahash (H5176I) and Nahash (H5176I)(?);
sister of: David (H1732)(?), Eliab (H446I)(?), Abinadab (H41I)(?), Shimeah (H8093)(?), Nethanel (H5417H)(?), Raddai (H7288)(?), Ozem (H684)(?), Zeruiah (H6870)(?), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H453J)(?); married to Jether (H3500H);
mother of: Amasa (H6021)
daughter of: Nahash (H5176I) and Nahash (H5176I)(?);
sister of: David (H1732)(?), Eliab (H446I)(?), Abinadab (H41I)(?), Shimeah (H8093)(?), Nethanel (H5417H)(?), Raddai (H7288)(?), Ozem (H684)(?), Zeruiah (H6870)(?), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H453J)(?); married to Jether (H3500H);
mother of: Amasa (H6021)
Meaning of the name
Abigail = "my father is joy"
General definition
In the biblical story
Abigail
Sister of David; mother of Amasa
Abigail, David's sister, was the mother of Amasa, who became the commander of Absalom's army.
In the Bible
Strong H26H appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- abigail3
First verses
- 2 Samuel 17:25And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man’s son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab’s mother.
- 1 Chronicles 2:16Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
- 1 Chronicles 2:17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.