ʼĂbîyṭâl — H37

Definition

feminine proper noun

Abital, a wife of King David

1. Abital = "my father is (the) dew"
2. a wife of David

Usually translated as

Abital

Origin

from H1 and H2919; father of dew (i.e. fresh)

• Derived from ʼâb (H1)
• Derived from Ṭal (H2919)

Occurrences

ʼĂbîyṭâl occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Samuel 3:4 — And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital (אֲבִיטָֽל);
• 1 Chronicles 3:3 — The fifth, Shephatiah of Abital (לַאֲבִיטָ֑ל): the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.