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Lexicon :: Strong's H52 - 'ăḇîšay

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אֲבִישַׁי
Transliteration
'ăḇîšay
Pronunciation
ab-ee-shah'ee
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲבִישַׁי ʼĂbîyshay, ab-ee-shah'ee; or (shorter) אַבְשַׁי ʼAbshay ; from H1 and H7862; father of a gift (i.e. probably generous); Abishai, an Israelite:—Abishai.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H52 in the following manner: Abishai (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H52 in the following manner: Abishai (25x).

  1. Abishai = "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift"

    1. grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבִישַׁי ʼĂbîyshay, ab-ee-shah'ee; or (shorter) אַבְשַׁי ʼAbshay ; from H1 and H7862; father of a gift (i.e. probably generous); Abishai, an Israelite:—Abishai.
STRONGS H52: Abbreviations
אֲבִישַׁי proper name, masculine (my father is Jesse; LagBN 75 thinks from אֲבֶן (= בֶּן + ישׁי compare Greek Version of the LXX Ἀβεσσα[ι] 1 Samuel 26:6) — א׳ 1 Samuel 26:6 (twice in verse) + 17 times 1 & 2 Samuel = אַבְשַׁי 2 Samuel 10:10 + 5 times 1 Chronicles — grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah & brother of Joab 1 Samuel 26:6 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 26:7, 8, 9; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 2:24 + 2 Samuel 20:6 (where read יואב Syriac Version Th We Dr) + 12 times 2Sam + 2 Samuel 20:7 (where insert אבישׁי Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) + 5 times 1 Chronicles.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

26:6; 26:6; 26:6; 26:7; 26:8; 26:9

2 Samuel

2:18; 2:24; 10:10; 20:6; 20:7

H52

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H52 matches the Hebrew אֲבִישַׁי ('ăḇîšay),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:6 - Then David said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Joab’s brother Abishai the son of Zeruiah, “Who will go down with me into the camp to Saul?” And Abishai said, “I will go down with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David and Abishai went to the army by night. And there lay Saul sleeping within the encampment, with his spear stuck in the ground at his head, and Abner and the army lay around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Then Abishai said to David, “God has given your enemy into your hand this day. Now please let me pin him to the earth with one stroke of the spear, and I will not strike him twice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:9 - But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can put out his hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - And the three sons of Zeruiah were there, Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was as swift of foot as a wild gazelle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:24 - But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. And as the sun was going down they came to the hill of Ammah, which lies before Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had put their brother Asahel to death in the battle at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and he arrayed them against the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai and entered the city. Then Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:9 - Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and take off his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - And David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Leave him alone, and let him curse, for the LORD has told him to.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - And David sent out the army, one third under the command of Joab, one third under the command of Abishai the son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, and one third under the command of Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the men, “I myself will also go out with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - And the king ordered Joab and Abishai and Ittai, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom.” And all the people heard when the king gave orders to all the commanders about Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - But the man said to Joab, “Even if I felt in my hand the weight of a thousand pieces of silver, I would not reach out my hand against the king’s son, for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘For my sake protect the young man Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - Abishai the son of Zeruiah answered, “Shall not Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he get himself to fortified cities and escape from us.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa did not observe the sword that was in Joab’s hand. So Joab struck him with it in the stomach and spilled his entrails to the ground without striking a second blow, and he died. Then Joab and Abishai his brother pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai the son of Zeruiah came to his aid and attacked the Philistine and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You shall no longer go out with us to battle, lest you quench the lamp of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief of the thirty.[fn] And he wielded his spear against three hundred men[fn] and killed them and won a name beside the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the thirty.[fn] And he wielded his spear against 300 men and killed them and won a name beside the three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - And Abishai, the son of Zeruiah, killed 18,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - The rest of his men he put in the charge of Abishai his brother, and they were arrayed against the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - And when the Ammonites saw that the Syrians fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, Joab’s brother, and entered the city. Then Joab came to Jerusalem.
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