XXkar-mel-it (karmeli; Karmelios, Karmelites): A native of the Judean Carmel. Those who are thus named are Nabal, the husband of Abigail (1 Sam 30:5, etc.), and Hezro (the King James Version Hezrai), one of Davids mighty men (2 Sam 23:35). In 2 Sam 3:3 Septuagint reads tes Abigaias tes Karmelias, "of Abigail the Carmelitess" (1 Sam 27:3; 1 Ch 3:1).
See following article, CARMELITESS.