אֲבִיגַיִלʼĂbîygayil

Meanings

Same root

• אָבʼâb · H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
• גִּילgîyl · H1524a revolution (of time, i.e. an age); also joy

Where it appears

Appears 17 times in the Bible.

• 1 Samuel 25:3 This man’s name was Nabal, and his wife, Abigail, was a sensible and beautiful woman. But Nabal, a descendant of Caleb, was crude and mean in all his dealings.
• 1 Samuel 25:14 Meanwhile, one of Nabal’s servants went to Abigail and told her, “David sent messengers from the wilderness to greet our master, but he screamed insults at them.
• 1 Samuel 25:18 Abigail wasted no time. She quickly gathered 200 loaves of bread, two wineskins full of wine, five sheep that had been slaughtered, nearly a bushel of roasted grain, 100 clusters of raisins, and 200 fig cakes. She packed them on donkeys
• 1 Samuel 25:23 When Abigail saw David, she quickly got off her donkey and bowed low before him.
• 1 Samuel 25:32 David replied to Abigail, “Praise the Lord, the God of Israel, who has sent you to meet me today!
• 1 Samuel 25:36 When Abigail arrived home, she found that Nabal was throwing a big party and was celebrating like a king. He was very drunk, so she didn’t tell him anything about her meeting with David until dawn the next day.