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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 - David then asked Ahimelek the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down into the camp with me to Saul?” “I’ll go with you,” said Abishai.

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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 was Saul, lying asleep inside the camp with his spear stuck in the ground near his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying around him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hands. Now let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t strike him twice.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:9 - But David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him! Who can lay a hand on the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:18 - The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai and Asahel. Now Asahel was as fleet-footed 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 setting, they came to the hill of Ammah, near Giah on the way to the wasteland of Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - (Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother and deployed them against the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they fled before Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab returned from fighting the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - David then said to Abishai and all his officials, “My son, my own flesh and blood, is trying to kill me. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone; 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 - David sent out his troops, a third under the command of Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. The king told the troops, “I myself will surely march out with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake.” And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - But the man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels[fn] were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.[fn]’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this? He cursed the LORD’s anointed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bikri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your master’s men and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and escape from us.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - Amasa was not on his guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab plunged it into his belly, and his intestines spilled out on the ground. Without being stabbed again, Amasa died. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bikri.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to David’s rescue; he struck the Philistine down and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, saying, “Never again will you go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel will not be extinguished.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:18 - Abishai the brother of Joab son of Zeruiah was chief of the Three.[fn] He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20 - Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of the Three. He raised his spear against three hundred men, whom he killed, and so he became as famous as the Three.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12 - Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - He put the rest of the men under the command of Abishai his brother, and they were deployed against the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - When the Ammonites realized that the Arameans were fleeing, they too fled before his brother Abishai and went inside the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.
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