Nabal (nâ'bal), foolish, impious. A man of the house of Caleb, who had large possessions in Carmel. He treated David very churlishly, and was saved from the disastrous consequence by his wife Abigail, whom David married after Nabal's death. 1 Samuel 1:25-44, 1 Samuel 27:8, 1 Samuel 30:5, 2 Samuel 2:2, 2 Samuel 3:3.