אביגיל

Hebrew

Etymology

From אָבִי ('aví, “my father”) +‎ גִּיל (gíl, “joy”).

Proper noun

אֲבִיגַיִל • (avigáyil) f

1. Abigail (the wife of Nabal in the Hebrew Bible)
2. a female given name, equivalent to English Abigail

References

• H26 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible