H26 — אֲבִיגַיִל (ʼĂbîygayil)

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Strong's H26 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: אֲבִיגַיִל (ʼĂbîygayil)

Pronunciation: ab-ee-gah'-yil

Morphology: n-pr-f

Name Meaning: Abigail = "my father is joy"

Derivation: or shorter אֲבִיגַל (ʼĂbîygal); from אָב (ʼâb) [H1] and גִּיל (gîyl) [H1524]; father (i.e. source) of joy;

Definition: Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses

KJV Renderings: Abigal.

Senses

  1. wife of Nabal, then of David
  2. sister of David

Cross References

Strong's Original Transliteration Derivation Definition KJV Renderings
H1 אָב ʼâb a primitive word father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'
H1524 גִּיל gîyl from גִּיל (gîyl) H1523 a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy [idiom] exceedingly, gladness, [idiom] greatly, joy, rejoice(-ing), sort

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.