What is "abigail"

abigail \ab"i*gail\, n. [The proper name used as an appellative.] A lady's waiting-maid.
--Pepys.

Her abigail reported that Mrs. Gutheridge had a set of night curls for sleeping in.
--Leslie.

fem. proper name, in Old Testament, Abigail the Carmelitess, a wife of David, from Hebrew Abhigayil, literally "my father is rejoicing," from abh "father" + gil "to rejoice." Used in general sense of "lady's maid" (1660s) from character of that name in Beaumont & Fletcher's "The Scornful Lady." The waiting maid association perhaps begins with I Sam. xxv, where David's wife often calls herself a "handmaid." Her male counterpart was Andrew.

n. (context obsolete English) A lady’s waiting maid. (Mid 17^th century.)(R:SOED5: page=4)

Abigail (, spelled Abigal in in the American Standard Version but not in the King James Version) was the wife of Nabal; she became a wife of David after Nabal's death ( 1 Samuel ). Abigail is David's third wife, after Saul's daughter, Michal, whom Saul later married to Palti, son of Laish when David went into hiding and Ahinoam.

She became the mother of one of David's sons, who is listed in the Book of Chronicles under the name Daniel, in the Masoretic Text of the Books of Samuel as Chileab, and in the Septuagint text of 2 Samuel 3:3 as Δαλουια, Dalouia.

Abigail Rogan (born 23 July 1946, in London, England), known mononymously as Abigail, is an English television character actress who emigrated to Australia in 1968 and became one of Australia's significant sex symbols of the mid-1970s. She was educated in France. Her mother (maiden name Joachim) was a Ceylonese (Sri Lankan) of Dutch Burgher/ Eurasian ethnicity. Abigail came to Australia when she was given the chance to appear as the female lead in There's a Girl in my Soup in Perth.

Known simply as Abigail, she became best known to Australians as a sex symbol, starting with the television soap opera Number 96 in the early 1970s.

Abigail is the second King Diamond album and their first concept album. It was released in 1987 on Roadrunner Records. There were several re-releases, first in 1997 with 4 bonus tracks, and then a 25th Anniversary edition in 2005 with a bonus DVD. This album has sold over 175,000 copies in North America alone.

Abigail (full name Abigail Zsiga) is an English electronic music artist. She began her career with the song, "I Feel You", released in 1992. Since "Could It Be Magic" hit the #1 slot on the British NRG chart, she has been a mainstay on the Hi-NRG Chart as well as the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart.

Abigail (1988-1989) is a Venezuelan telenovela that was produced by and seen on Venezuela's Radio Caracas Televisión. It was written by Elizabeth Alezard, Alberto Gómez, Mariana Luján, Amparo Montalva, and María Helena Portas and directed by Tito Rojas. This telenovela lasted 257 episodes and was distributed internationally by RCTV International.

Abigail may refer to:

• Abigail, wife of David
• Abigail (mother of Amasa)
• Abigail (name), a female given name
• Abigail (actress) (b. 1946), an English-Australian actress
• Abigail (singer), a female English dance musician and singer
• Francis Abigail (1840–1921), Australian politician
• Annette Abigael Hamilton, Norwegian author and fairy-tale collector
• Abigail (album), a 1987 King Diamond album
• "Abigail", a song by Motionless in White
• Abigail (telenovela) (1988–1989), a Venezuelan telenovela
• Abigail, Har Hebron, an Israeli settlement located in the southern West Bank
• Cyclone Abigail
• HMS Abigail

Abigail is a female given name. The name comes from the Hebrew name אֲבִיגַיִל / אֲבִיגָיִל Avigail, meaning "my father's joy" (alternatively "my father is exultation", or "my father is joy"). This name is becoming increasingly more popular in the U.S. in 2015.

Abigail was the wife of King David in the Hebrew Bible ( Book of Samuel), and is described as an intelligent and beautiful woman.

The name Abigail or Abagale can be shortened to "Abby", "Abbey", "Abbi", "Abbie", "Abbe", "Abi", "Abbye", "Abs", or "Aby", as well as "Gail" or "Gayle".

Abigail is a character in the Hebrew Bible She was the mother of Amasa, the commander-in-chief of Absalom's army (2 Sam. 17:25).