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Abigail |
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Abigail (ăb`əgāl), in the Bible. 1 The wife of Nabal. She persuaded David not to take vengeance on her husband. When Nabal died, she married David. 2 David's stepsister, mother of Amasa. Abigail enters nunnery as convert to retrieve money. [Br. Lit.: The Jew of Malta] See : Disguise Abigail prostrates herself before David and vows devotion. [O.T.: I Samuel 25:40–41] See : Faithfulness Abigail undoes husband’s unneighborliness with fare for David’s troops. [O.T.: I Samuel 25:23–27] See : Hospitality Abigail helpmeet of King David; traditional name for hand-maiden. [O.T.: I Samuel 25] See : Servant How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| While the supper was preparing, Mrs Abigail began to lament she had not ordered a fire in the parlour; but, she said, that was now too late. But, Abbey was only short for Abigail, by which name Miss Potterson had been christened at Limehouse Church, some sixty and odd years before. |
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Abigail