Ab·i·gail (?b??-g?l?) In the Bible, the wife of David. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Abigail (?æb???e?l) n (Bible) Old Testament the woman who brought provisions to David and his followers and subsequently became his wife (I Samuel 25:1?42)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014