H26–H50

1. Abigail = "my father is joy"
2. 1) wife of Nabal, then of David
3. 2) sister of David

or shorter ; from אָב(ʼâb) and גִּיל(gîyl); father (i.e. source) of joy;

Abigail or Abigal, the name of two Israelitesses

KJV usage: Abigal.

1. Abidan = "my father is judge"
2. 1) a prince (ruler) of Benjamin

from אָב(ʼâb) and דִּין(dîyn); father of judgment (i.e. judge);

Abidan, an Israelite

KJV usage: Abidan.

1. Abida or Abidah = "my father knows"
2. 1) fourth son of Midian and grandson of Abraham by his wife Keturah (after Sarah died)

from אָב(ʼâb) and יָדַע(yâdaʻ); father of knowledge (i.e. knowing);

Abida, a son of Abraham by Keturah

KJV usage: Abida, Abidah.

1. Abia or Abiah or Abijah = "Jehovah is (my) father"
2. 1) king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam
3. 2) second son of Samuel
4. 3) son of Jeroboam the first, king of Israel
5. 4) son of Becher, a Benjamite
6. 5) head of a priestly house (one of the 24 Levite groups)
7. 6) head of a priestly house (after the exile)
8. 7) wife of Hezron
9. 8) mother of Hezekiah (cf H021)

or prolonged ; from אָב(ʼâb) and יָהּ(Yâhh); father (i.e. worshipper) of Jah;

Abijah, the name of several Israelite men and two Israelitesses

KJV usage: Abiah, Abijah.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. Abihu = "he is (my) father"
2. 1) a son of Aaron destroyed for sacrificing strange fire to God

from אָב(ʼâb) and הוּא(hûwʼ); father (i.e. worshipper) of Him (i.e. God);

Abihu, a son of Aaron

KJV usage: Abihu.

1. Abihud = "my father is majesty"
2. 1) son of Bela, a Benjamite

from אָב(ʼâb) and הוֹד(hôwd); father (i.e. possessor) of renown;

Abihud, the name of two Israelites

KJV usage: Abihud.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. Abihail = "my father is might"
2. 1) a Levite in Moses's time
3. 2) a Gadite
4. 3) father of Esther
5. 4) wife of Abishur
6. 5) wife of Rehoboam

or (more correctly) ; from אָב(ʼâb) and חַיִל(chayil); father (i.e. possessor) of might;

Abihail or Abichail, the name of three Israelites and two Israelitesses

KJV usage: Abihail.

1. Abiezrite = "my father is help"
2. 1) one of the family of Abiezer, a descendant of Joseph's son, Manasseh

from אֲבִיעֶזֶר(ʼĂbîyʻezer) with the article inserted; father of the Ezrite;

an Abiezrite or descendant of Abiezer

KJV usage: Abiezrite.

1. 1) in want, needy, chiefly poor, needy person
2. 2) subject to oppression and abuse
3. 3) needing help, deliverance from trouble, especially as delivered by God
4. 4) general reference to lowest class

from אָבָה(ʼâbâh), in the sense of want (especially in feeling);

destitute

KJV usage: beggar, needy, poor (man).

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. 1) caper-berry-of stimulating desire

from אָבָה(ʼâbâh);

provocative of desire; the caper berry (from its stimulative taste)

KJV usage: desire.

1. Abitub = "my father is good(ness)"
2. 1) son of Shaharaim, a Benjamite

from אָב(ʼâb) and טוּב(ṭûwb); father of goodness (i.e. good);

Abitub, an Israelite

KJV usage: Abitub.

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

from אָב(ʼâb) and טַל(ṭal); father of dew (i.e. fresh);

Abital, a wife of King David

KJV usage: Abital.

1. Abijam = "my father is the sea" or "Yah(u) is (my) father"
2. 1) king of Judah, son and successor of Rehoboam

from אָב(ʼâb) and יָם(yâm); father of (the) sea (i.e. seaman);

Abijam (or Abijah), a king of Judah

KJV usage: Abijam.

1. Abimael = "my father is El (God)"
2. 1) son of Joktan, descendant of Shem

from אָב(ʼâb) and an elsewhere unused (probably foreign) word; father of Mael (apparently some Arab tribe);

Abimael, a son of Joktan

KJV usage: Abimael.

1. Abimelech = "Melek is father" or "my father is king"
2. 1) king of Gerar in Abraham's time
3. 2) king of Gath in David's time; maybe title of Philistine kings
4. 3) son of Gideon by a concubine
5. 4) priest, son of Abiathar

from אָב(ʼâb) and מֶלֶךְ(melek); father of (the) king;

Abimelek, the name of two Philistine kings and of two Israelites

KJV usage: Abimelech.

1. Abinadab = "my father is noble" or "my father is willing"
2. 1) a man of Gibeah who sheltered the ark
3. 2) second son of Jesse, David's older brother
4. 3) a son of Saul, slain with him by the Philistines

from אָב(ʼâb) and נָדַב(nâdab); father of generosity (i.e. liberal);

Abinadab, the name of four Israelites

KJV usage: Abinadab.

1. Abinoam = "my father is delight"
2. 1) father of Barak, descendant of Naphtali

from אָב(ʼâb) and נֹעַם(nôʻam); father of pleasantness (i.e. gracious);

Abinoam, an Israelite

KJV usage: Abinoam.

1. Ebiasaph = "my father has gathered"
2. 1) a son or descendant of Korah

contracted from אֲבִיאָסָף(ʼĂbîyʼâçâph);

Ebjasaph, an Israelite

KJV usage: Ebiasaph.

1. Abiezer = "my father is help"
2. 1) a Manassite, called "son" of Gilead, also son of Gilead's sister
3. 2) a Benjamite, warrior of David

from אָב(ʼâb) and עֵזֶר(ʻÊzer); father of help (i.e. helpful);

Abiezer, the name of two Israelites

KJV usage: Abiezer.

1. Abialbon = "El (God) is my father"
2. 1) one of David's mighty men (hero)

from אָב(ʼâb) and an unused root of uncertain derivation; probably, father of strength (i.e. valiant);

Abialbon, an Israelite

KJV usage: Abialbon.

1. 1) strong, mighty-used only to describe God
2. 2) the Strong-old name for God (poetic)

from אָבַר(ʼâbar);

mighty (spoken of God)

KJV usage: mighty (one).

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. 1) mighty, valiant
2. 1a) of men
3. 1b) of angels
4. 1c) of animals
5. 1d) (metaph)
6. 1d1) of enemies
7. 1d2) of princes
8. 1d3) of sacrificial objects
9. 1e) obstinate (fig.)

for אָבִיר(ʼâbîyr)

{mighty (spoken of God)}

KJV usage: angel, bull, chiefest, mighty (one), stout(-hearted), strong (one), valiant.

Related Greek (Septuagint) words:

1. Abiram = "my father is exalted" or "(the) Exalted One is (my) father"
2. 1) a Reubenite, son of Eliab in exodus
3. 2) son of Hiel the Bethelite who worked to rebuild Jericho

from אָב(ʼâb) and רוּם(rûwm); father of height (i.e. lofty);

Abiram, the name of two Israelites

KJV usage: Abiram.

1. Abishag = "my father is a wanderer"
2. 1) David's beautiful young nurse

from אָב(ʼâb) and שָׁגָה(shâgâh); father of error (i.e. blundering);

Abishag, a concubine of David

KJV usage: Abishag.

1. Abishua = "my father is rescue (safety), or is opulence"
2. 1) son of Phinehas, grandson of Aaron

from אָב(ʼâb) and שׁוֹעַ(shôwaʻ); father of plenty (i.e. prosperous);

Abishua, the name of two Israelites

KJV usage: Abishua.