Abital = "my father is (the) dew"

1. a wife of David

Adonijah = "my lord is Jehovah"

1. fourth son of David and Solomon's rival for the throne

2. Levite sent by Jehoshaphat to teach the Law

3. a chief of the people who co-operated with Nehemiah

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

Haggith = "festive"

1. a wife of David and mother of Adonijah

ordinal number, 5th

fourth

1. fourth

2. four square

3. fourth part

Shephatiah = "Jehovah has judged"

1. a son of David by Abital; David's 5th son

2. head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel

3. another head of a family of exiles returning from Babylon with Zerubbabel

4. a Judaite, son of Mahalaleel and father of Amariah

5. a prince of Judah, son of Mattan and one of the counsellors who advised king Zedekiah of Judah to kill the prophet Jeremiah

6. the Haruphite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag

7. son of Maachah and prince of the tribe of Simeon in the time of David

8. son of king Jehoshaphat of Judah and brother to his successor Jehoram