1 Samuel 25:3
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New International Version (© 2011)
His name was Nabal and his wife's name was Abigail. She was an intelligent and beautiful woman, but her husband was surly and mean in his dealings--he was a Calebite.

King James Bible
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail: and she was a woman of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

American Standard Version
Now the name of the man was Nabal; and the name of his wife Abigail; and the woman was of good understanding, and of a beautiful countenance: but the man was churlish and evil in his doings; and he was of the house of Caleb.

Young's Literal Translation
And the name of the man is Nabal, and the name of his wife Abigail, and the woman is of good understanding, and of fair form, and the man is hard and evil in doings; and he is a Calebite.

1 Samuel 25:3 Additional Translations
Clarke's Commentary on the Bible

The name of the man was Nabal - The word נבל nabal signifies to be foolish, base, or villanous; and hence the Latin word nebulo, knave, is supposed to be derived.

The name of his wife Abigail - The joy or exultation of my father. A woman of sense and beauty, married to the boor mentioned above, probably because he was rich. Many women have been thus sacrificed.

Of the house of Caleb - והוא כלבי vehu Chalibbi, "he was a Calebite." But as the word caleb signifies a dog, the Septuagint have understood it as implying a man of a canine disposition, and translate it thus, και ὁ ανθρωπος κυνικος, he was a doggish man. It is understood in the same way by the Syriac and Arabic.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

good

Proverbs 14:1 Every wise woman builds her house: but the foolish plucks it down with her hands.

Proverbs 31:26,30,31 She opens her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness...

was churlish

1 Samuel 25:10,11,17 And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse...

Psalm 10:3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD abhors.

Isaiah 32:5-7 The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be bountiful...

and he was {Wehoo calibbee} literally, `and he was a Calebite;' but as the word {cailev} signifies {a dog}, the Septuagint has understood it as implying a man of {canine disposition}, and translated it, (), `and he was a doggish man.' It is understood in the same way by the Syriac and Arabic.

1 Samuel 25:3 Parallel Commentaries
Abigail Ab'igail Appearance Beautiful Caleb Countenance Cruel Dealings Doings Evil Hard Harsh House Husband Intelligent Looks Mean Nabal Pleasing Sense Understanding Ways Wife Wife's
Abigail Ab'igail Appearance Beautiful Caleb Countenance Cruel Dealings Doings Evil Hard Harsh House Husband Intelligent Looks Mean Nabal Pleasing Sense Understanding Ways Wife Wife's
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Joshua 15:13 In accordance with the LORD's command to him, Joshua gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh a portion in Judah--Kiriath Arba, that is, Hebron. (Arba was the forefather of Anak.)
1 Samuel 25:4 While David was in the wilderness, he heard that Nabal was shearing sheep.
1 Samuel 30:14 We raided the Negev of the Kerethites, some territory belonging to Judah and the Negev of Caleb. And we burned Ziklag."
Proverbs 31:10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.