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Strong's H26 אֲבִיגַיִל (abigayil)

Abigayil means “Abigal” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G26 — agape (“love”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H26
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 17
Books 3

Strong's H26 Quick Answer

Strong's H26 אֲבִגָ֑יִל is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Abiygayil (ab-ee-gah'-yil) (or shorter Abiygal {ab-ee-gal'}) n/p. 1. father (i.e. source) of joy 2. Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses It has 17 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include abigail and father. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Abiygayil (ab-ee-gah'-yil) (or shorter Abiygal {ab-ee-gal'}) n/p. 1. father (i.e. source) of joy 2. Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses
Usage
17 linked usages
Books
3 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
abigail and father

Meaning and Definition

Abiygayil (ab-ee-gah'-yil) (or shorter Abiygal {ab-ee-gal'}) n/p. 1. father (i.e. source) of joy 2. Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses [from H1 and H1524] KJV: Abigal. Root(s): H1, H152

Original Word
אֲבִגָ֑יִל

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H26. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Abigail

Usage: A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.25.3; married to David (H1732) and Nabal (H5037); mother of: Chileab (H3609) § Abigail = "my father is joy" 1) wife of Nabal, then of David

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How Strong's H26 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's H26, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Abigail 1 Samuel 25:3 16× father 1 Chronicles 2:17

How Strong's H26 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 17 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H26 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H26 in the Old Testament

17 indexed usages in Old Testament.

1 Samuel 25:3 KJV

Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

1 Samuel 25:14 KJV

But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.

1 Samuel 25:18 KJV

Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.

Usage Excerpts

First 17 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H26.

1 Samuel 25:3 Old Testament, KJV
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.
1 Samuel 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
But one of the young men told Abigail, Nabal's wife, saying, Behold, David sent messengers out of the wilderness to salute our master; and he railed on them.
1 Samuel 25:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then Abigail made haste, and took two hundred loaves, and two bottles of wine, and five sheep ready dressed, and five measures of parched corn, and an hundred clusters of raisins, and two hundred cakes of figs, and laid them on asses.
1 Samuel 25:23 Old Testament, KJV
And when Abigail saw David, she hasted, and lighted off the ass, and fell before David on her face, and bowed herself to the ground,
1 Samuel 25:32 Old Testament, KJV
And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the LORD God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:
1 Samuel 25:36 Old Testament, KJV
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
1 Samuel 25:39 Old Testament, KJV
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
1 Samuel 25:40 Old Testament, KJV
And when the servants of David were come to Abigail to Carmel, they spake unto her, saying, David sent us unto thee, to take thee to him to wife.
1 Samuel 25:42 Old Testament, KJV
And Abigail hasted, and arose and rode upon an ass, with five damsels of hers that went after her; and she went after the messengers of David, and became his wife.
1 Samuel 27:3 Old Testament, KJV
And David dwelt with Achish at Gath, he and his men, every man with his household, even David with his two wives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the Carmelitess, Nabal's wife.
1 Samuel 30:5 Old Testament, KJV
And David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
2 Samuel 2:2 Old Testament, KJV
So David went up thither, and his two wives also, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail Nabal's wife the Carmelite.
2 Samuel 3:3 Old Testament, KJV
And his second, Chileab, of Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite; and the third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;
2 Samuel 17:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab: which Amasa was a man's son, whose name was Ithra an Israelite, that went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister to Zeruiah Joab's mother.
1 Chronicles 2:16 Old Testament, KJV
Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
1 Chronicles 2:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
1 Chronicles 3:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these were the sons of David, which were born unto him in Hebron; the firstborn Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; the second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess:

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H26, grouped by book.

1 Samuel 11 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 3 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H26 FAQ

What does abigayil (אֲבִיגַיִל) mean?

Abigayil (Strong's H26) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Abigal". Abiygayil (ab-ee-gah'-yil) (or shorter Abiygal {ab-ee-gal'}) n/p. 1. father (i.e. source) of joy 2. Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses

How many times is abigayil (אֲבִיגַיִל) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 17 linked usages for Strong's H26 across 3 books.

Where can I study abigayil (אֲבִיגַיִל) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H26 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate abigayil (אֲבִיגַיִל)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as abigail and father. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.