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ab·i·gail
/ˈæbəˌgel/
使女
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
ab·i·gail
n.
A
lady's
waiting-maid
.
Her
abigail
reported
that
Mrs
.
Gutheridge
had
a
set
of
night
curls
for
sleeping
in
.
--
Leslie
.
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From:
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Abigail
father
(i.e., "
leader
")
of
the
dance
,
or
"
of
joy
." (1.)
The
sister
of
David
,
and
wife
of
Jether
an
Ishmaelite
(1
Chr
.
2:16,17).
She
was
the
mother
of
Amasa
(2
Sam
. 17:25).
(2.)
The
wife
of
the
churlish
Nabal
,
who
dwelt
in
the
district
of
Carmel
(1
Sam
. 25:3).
She
showed
great
prudence
and
delicate
management
at
a
critical
period
of
her
husband's
life
.
She
was
"
a
woman
of
good
understanding
,
and
of
a
beautiful
countenance
."
After
Nabal's
death
she
became
the
wife
of
David
(1
Sam
.
25:14-42),
and
was
his
companion
in
all
his
future
fortunes
(1
Sam
. 27:3; 30:5; 2
Sam
. 2:2).
By
her
David
had
a
son
called
Chileab
(2
Sam
. 3:3),
elsewhere
called
Daniel
(1
Chr
. 3:1).
From:
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Abigail
,
the
father's
joy
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