Abigail = "my father is joy"

1. wife of Nabal, then of David

2. sister of David

Ahinoam = "my brother is delight"

1. wife of Saul, daughter of Ahimaaz

2. wife of David, mother of Amnon, a Jezreelitess

woman, wife, female

1. woman (opposite of man)

2. wife (woman married to a man)

3. female (of animals)

4. each, every (pronoun)

David = "beloved"

1. youngest son of Jesse and second king of Israel

Jezreelitess = see Jezreel "sown of God"

1. a female inhabitant of Jezreel

   1. used only of Ahinoam, a wife of David

Carmelite = see Carmel "garden-land"

1. an inhabitant of Carmel

Nabhal or Nabal = "fool"

1. a man of Carmel who spurned David's messengers, then died of shock when he realised it might cause his death; his case was pleaded by his wife Abigail who became David's wife after his death

to take captive

1. (Qal)

   1. to take captive

   2. captive (participle)

   3. to lead captive

2. (Niphal) to be taken captive

two

1. two (the cardinal number)

   1. two, both, double, twice

2. second (the ordinal number)

3. in combination with other numbers

4. both (a dual number)