Father or cause of joy.

Abigail name meaning bible. The biblical Abigail refers to herself as a servant and beginning in the 17th century the name became a slang term for a servant especially after the release of the play The Scornful Lady 1616 which featured a character named Abigail. This collection of biblical girl names brings together actual names from the Bible and names derived from biblical words including the language origin and meaning of the name see also Baby Boy. 1 Samuel 2514 etc.

Well call them Abihail I אביחיל and Abihail II אביהיל. In the Bible Abigail is described as a beautiful and intelligent woman. We meet her married to a rather horrible man who refuses to provide David food and shelter when David is on the run from Saul 1 Samuel 25.

Abigail stands out for a number of reasons. Instead Nabal Abigails then-husband hurls insults at David. The name went out of fashion at that point but it was revived in the 20th century.

Shortly after Nabals death she became the wife of David. Her story is found in 1 Samuel 25. The wife of Nabal a rich shepherd of southern Judea whose home was Maon 1 Samuel 2523.

Abigail comes from the Hebrew name Avigail and is derived from the Hebrew elements ab meaning father and g-y-l meaning to rejoice In the Old Testament Abigail was the. Abigail was wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible and the meaning is intelligent and stunning. At the beginning of the story Abigail is the wife of a wealthy man named Nabal who lived in a town called Maon in the wilderness of Paran an area near the Sinai Peninsula.

1060 When Davids messengers were slighted by Nabal Abigail supplies David and his followers with provisions and succeeded in appeasing his anger. It comes from Hebrew and the Bible and means brings joy or fathers joy In the Old Testament Abigail was King Davids third wife the text refers to. From the Hebrew name אביגיל Avigayil meaning my father is joy.