Dictionaries :: Abital

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Abital:

father of dew; i.e., "fresh", David's fifth wife (2Sa 3:4).

Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary

Abital:

the father of the dew; or of the shadow

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Abital:

ab'-i-tal, a-bi'-tal ('abhital, "my father is dew"): One of the wives of King David. In the duplicated list (2Sa 3:4; 1Ch 3:3) in which the sons born to David in Hebron are mentioned and numbered, the fifth is said to be Shephatiah the son of Abital.

Nave's Topical Bible

Abital: Wife of David

2Sa 3:4; 1Ch 3:3

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abital:

(father of the dew) one of David's wives (2 Samuel 3:4; 1 Chronicles 3:3).