Strong H37אֲבִיטָ֑ל

Abital

Transliteration: 'ăbîyţal
Pronunciation: ab-ee-tal'
Morphology: Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

From H1 and H2919; father of dew (that {is} fresh);
{Abital} a wife of King David: - Abital.

Meaning of the name

Abital = "my father is (the) dew"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.4; married to David (H1732);
mother of: Shephatiah (H8203)

In the biblical story

Abital

One of David's wives; mother of Shephatiah

Abital was one of King David's wives and the mother of his son Shephatiah.

In the Bible

Strong H37 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

abital2

First verses

2 Samuel 3:4
And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;
1 Chronicles 3:3
The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital: the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

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