Every Name in Tanakh

אֲבִיטָל Abital

Every verse in which this name stands — 2 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 52×2 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

A wife of King David. The name stands twice in the Tanakh, first at 2 Samuel 3:4 and last at 1 Chronicles 3:3.

2 Samuel 3:4שמואל ב ג:ד

וְהָרְבִיעִי אֲדֹנִיָּה בֶן־חַגִּית וְהַחֲמִישִׁי שְׁפַטְיָה בֶן־אֲבִיטָֽל

and the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; and the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

1 Chronicles 3:3דברי הימים א ג:ג

הַחֲמִישִׁי שְׁפַטְיָה לַאֲבִיטָל הַשִּׁשִּׁי יִתְרְעָם לְעֶגְלָה אִשְׁתּֽוֹ

the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream by Eglah his wife.

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Abital?

Abital — אביטל in Hebrew — has a gematria of 52 in the standard method.

How many times is Abital named in the Tanakh?

2 times, first at 2 Samuel 3:4.

A spelling is not a name. The written word אביטל stands 1 time in the corpus, which is a different question and often a different number: the same letters can spell another name or an ordinary word, and a name written with a particle attached is a word that search never returns. It is here, as itself.

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