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Abital

אֲבִיטָ֑לStrong’s H0037

avital (a-vi-tal)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Avital is the Hebrew word usually translated “abital”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;”
2 Samuel 3:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.4; married to David (H1732)
How it's translated
  • abital 1
  • to abital 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • 2 Samuel 1
  • 1 Chronicles 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

אֲבִיטָ֑ל avital · Abital

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.3.4; married to David (H1732); mother of: Shephatiah (H8203) § Abital = "my father is (the) dew" a wife of David

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.