Definition

Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses

Etymology

or shorter אֲבִיגַל; from H1 (אָב) and H1524 (גִּיל); father (i.e. source) of joy;

Where the KJV renders it

• Abigal

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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