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Abigail is a feminine given name. The name comes from the Biblical Hebrew : אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל ʾĂḇīḡayīl , meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exulted" or "my father is joyful", among others).
Abigail 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, [2] and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3:3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia. [3] Her name is spelled Abigal in 2 Samuel 17:25 in the American Standard Version.
The Smith family were slaveholders and are known to have owned at least four people. A slave named Phoebe took a caretaking role to Abigail and other children; later on she would work as a paid servant for Abigail after she became free. Abigail would come to express anti-slavery beliefs as an adult. [5]
In today's world of social media, where anyone can be 'famous', it's not easy to make a name for yourself. However, model Abigail Ratchford has definitely broken out of the mold into stardom.
In the genealogical lists of the Books of Chronicles, there is a man named Nadab, whose brother is married to a person named Abihail; [26] it is possible that the name Abigail (אבגיִל) is a corruption of Abihail (אֲביִהיִל), so that it more closely describes the character of the wife, since Abigail roughly means joy of my father ...
The working mom is an emblem of the 21st century. Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris didn’t change her last name after marrying her husband Douglas Emhoff, and it's kind of a big deal.
“For the 10 unaccounted for Americans we have one child, a three-year-old girl named Abigail – I actually think her birthday, I think she’ll be four on November 24 – and we have two women ...
Abigail is a feminine English name with Hebrew origins, meaning "my father is joy." In the Old Testament Abigail was King David's third wife, described as 'good in discretion and beautiful in form'. [2] The name is used in modern English and was a popular baby's name during the 1950s and 1960s. [1] Gayle may occasionally be used as a masculine ...