heifer; chariot; round
(same as Eglon)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
EGLAH (heifer).One of the wives of David, and mother of Ithream (2Sa_3:5, 1Ch_3:3).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
("heifer".) One of David's wives, especially called "his wife" while at Hebron; mother of Ithream (2Sa_3:5; 1Ch_3:3).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Eg'lah. (a heifer). One of David's wives, during his reign in Hebron. 2Sa_3:5; 1Ch_3:3. (B.C. 1055).
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
eg?la (עגלה, ‛eghlāh, ?heifer?): Wife of David and mother of Ithream (2Sa_3:5 parallel 1Ch_3:3).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Eglah
(Hebrews Eglah', עֶגְלָה, a heifer, as often; Sept. Αἰγάλ and Α᾿γλά), one of David's wives during his reign in Hebron, and the mother of his son Ithream (2Sa_3:5; 1Ch_3:3). B.C. 1045. In both lists the same order is preserved, Eglah being the sixth and last, and in both is she distinguished by the special title of David's "wife." According to the ancient Hebrew tradition preserved by Jerome (Quest, Hebr. on 2Sa_3:5; 2Sa_6:23), she was MICHAL SEE MICHAL (q.v.), the wife of his youth, and she died in giving birth to Ithream. A name of this signification is common among the Arabs at the present day. SEE EGLATH.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.