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1040:Matriarchs
1036:Patriarchs
936:Q115281287
854:"Abigail".
639:Alice Bach
574:2 Samuel 3
446:Queen Anne
264:Alice Bach
260:2 Samuel 7
188:Septuagint
140:King David
96:אֲבִיגַיִל
37:See also:
1373:Zechariah
1363:Zephaniah
865:"Abigail"
531:"Abigail"
515:Citations
178:, in the
126:ʾĂḇīḡayīl
111:ʾAvīgayīl
1531:prophets
1497:Nehemiah
1474:Mordecai
1358:Habakkuk
1283:Jeremiah
1240:Jahaziel
1205:Shemaiah
1195:Jeduthun
1111:Phinehas
932:Wikidata
850:, 1948,
795:(2007).
750:Archived
715:Archived
709:Megillah
674:Archived
668:Megillah
646:Archived
468:series.
459:Flashman
375:waiting
366:handmaid
341:Levenson
184:Chileab,
144:1 Samuel
118:Tiberian
39:Avigayil
1527:Italics
1514:Azariah
1483: (
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1388:Noahide
1378:Malachi
1340: (
1333:Obadiah
1288:Ezekiel
1275: (
1235:Micaiah
1190:Solomon
1165:Abigail
1154:Elkanah
1138:Deborah
1088: (
1075:in the
1048:Abraham
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924:Abigail
760:43 41.
658:43 44.
629:40 20.
454:abigail
404:Abigail
371:Abigail
369:led to
345:Halpern
311:Deborah
202:in the
192:Dalouia
151:Ahinoam
86:Abigail
1481:Esther
1448:Baruch
1404:Balaam
1368:Haggai
1293:Daniel
1273:Isaiah
1255:Huldah
1225:Hanani
1215:Elisha
1210:Elijah
1200:Ahijah
1180:Nathan
1170:Samuel
1160:Hannah
1148:Samson
1143:Gideon
1133:Joshua
1101:Miriam
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488:, and
472:In art
398:, and
327:Esther
325:, and
323:Huldah
315:Hannah
307:Miriam
299:Ziklag
291:Esther
289:, and
279:Talmud
272:Tanakh
268:Talmud
256:Nathan
196:Abigal
175:Daniel
159:Michal
122:
107:
103:Modern
90:Hebrew
1461:Uriah
1441:Beeri
1426:Other
1353:Nahum
1348:Micah
1338:Jonah
1318:Hosea
1310:Minor
1265:Major
1185:David
1096:Aaron
1086:Moses
1077:Torah
1063:Sarah
1058:Jacob
1053:Isaac
1014:Enoch
607:p. 43
587:g-y-l
576:, LXX
462:from
319:Sarah
287:Sarah
283:Rahab
254:" of
236:Jesse
232:Nabal
220:g-y-l
136:Nabal
1509:Oded
1503:Ruth
1492:Ezra
1467:Buzi
1455:Agur
1434:Amoz
1397:Beor
1328:Amos
1323:Joel
1230:Jehu
1220:Iddo
1019:Noah
1008:Abel
912:ISBN
881:2011
852:s.v.
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597:in:
544:ISBN
402:use
343:and
210:Name
155:Saul
153:and
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240:God
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