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abigail(Noun)
A lady's waiting maid.
Etymology: אביגיל.
Abigail(ProperNoun)
The wife of Nabal and later of David.
Etymology: אביגיל.
Abigail(ProperNoun)
The wife of Nabal and later of David in the Old Testament.
Etymology: From Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל‎ ( avigáyil , " Abigail " , literally " her Father's joy" or "fountain of joy") .
Abigail(ProperNoun)
A female given name from Hebrew, used since the 16th century, and currently quite popular.
The name of Abigail Adams is naturally closely associated with those of her illustrious father and mother, - - - Born in 1765, the mother's quaint Christian name was given to the little girl
Etymology: From Hebrew אֲבִיגַיִל‎ ( avigáyil , " Abigail " , literally " her Father's joy" or "fountain of joy") .
Webster Dictionary
Abigail(noun)
a lady's waiting-maid
Etymology: [The proper name used as an appellative.]
Freebase
Abigail
Abigail was the wife of Nabal; she became a wife of David after Nabal's death. She became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3:3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Abigail
ab′i-gāl, n. a lady's-maid. [From Abigail, 1 Sam. xxv.]
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Abigail
the widow of Nabal, espoused by David.
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Etymology and Origins
Abigail
The generic name for a waiting-maid, in allusion to the handmaid who introduced herself to David (1 Sam. xxv. 23). Its popularity during the second half of the seventeenth century may be accounted for by the fact that the maiden name of Mrs Masham, the waiting-woman of Queen Anne, was Abigail Hill.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Abigail in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Abigail in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5
Examples of Abigail in a Sentence
Skeptical of their doctors ’ diagnosis, the Florida couple traveled to Boston Children's Hospital, where neurosurgeon-in-chief Alan Cohen evaluated the little girl. He ended up operating on Abigail and removing the tumor, which he said was benign. When Dr. Cohen came out of surgery saying we got it all, and we're pretty, pretty, pretty sure that it’s not malignant, it's not cancer, it was almost like she was born again.
It’s important to give back and that’s what we wanted to teach [Abigail], she even helped paint the sign.
I've been very clear about my position and that remains the same, i will be voting but I will not be voting for Abigail Spanberger.
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- AbigailCzech
- AbigailDanish
- AbigailGerman
- υπηρέτριαGreek
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- مستخدمهPersian
- AbigailFinnish
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- AbigailHungarian
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- אביגילHebrew
- アビゲイルJapanese
- ಅಬಿಗೈಲ್Kannada
- 아비가일Korean
- AbigailLatin
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- abigailPortuguese
- камеристкаRussian
- பெண்ணின் தோழிTamil
- అబిగైల్Telugu
- AbigailThai
- abigailTurkish
- камеристкаUkrainian
- ابیگیلUrdu
- abigailVietnamese
- אַביגאַילYiddish
- 阿比蓋爾Chinese
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