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Lexicon :: Strong's H53 - 'ăbyšālôm

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אֲבּישָׁלוֹם
Transliteration
'ăbyšālôm
Pronunciation
ab-ee-shaw-lome'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm, ab-ee-shaw-lome'; or (shortened) אַבְשָׁלוֹם ʼAbshâlôwm ; from H1 and H7965; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite:—Abishalom, Absalom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 111x

The KJV translates Strong's H53 in the following manner: Absalom (109x), Abishalom (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 111x
The KJV translates Strong's H53 in the following manner: Absalom (109x), Abishalom (2x).

  1. Absalom or Abishalom = "my father is peace"

    1. father-in-law of Rehoboam

    2. third son of David, killer of first-born son Amnon, also leader of revolt against his father - David

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבִישָׁלוֹם ʼĂbîyshâlôwm, ab-ee-shaw-lome'; or (shortened) אַבְשָׁלוֹם ʼAbshâlôwm ; from H1 and H7965; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite:—Abishalom, Absalom.
STRONGS H53: Abbreviations
אֲבִישָׁלוֺם proper name, masculine (my father is peace; accusative to LagBN 75 = (בֶּן) אֲבֶן + שָׁלֹם, compare Greek Version of the LXX Ἀβεσσαλωμ) — א׳ 1 Kings 15:2, 10 = אַבְשָׁלוֺם 2 Samuel 3:3 +, 2 Chronicles 11:20, 21, אַבְשָׁלֹם 2 Samuel 13:14 —
1. Rehoboam's father-in-law 1 Kings 15:2, 10; 2 Chronicles 11:20, 21.
2. 3rd son of David 2 Samuel 3:3; 2 Samuel 13:1 + 90 times 2 Samuel (insert 2 Samuel 13:27 Greek Version of the LXX Th We compare Dr; strike out 2 Samuel 13:38 Dr compare We), + 1 Kings 1:6; 1 Kings 2:7, 28; 1 Chronicles 3:2; Psalm 3:1.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

3:3; 3:3; 13:1; 13:14; 13:27; 13:38

1 Kings

1:6; 2:7; 2:28; 15:2; 15:2; 15:10; 15:10

1 Chronicles

3:2

2 Chronicles

11:20; 11:20; 11:21; 11:21

Psalms

3:1

H53

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H53 matches the Hebrew אֲבּישָׁלוֹם ('ăbyšālôm),
which occurs 111 times in 92 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 2 (2Sa 16:21–Psa 3:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - And Ahithophel said to Absalom H53, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself odious to your father. The hands of all who are with you will also be strengthened.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they pitched a tent for Absalom H53 on the roof, and Absalom H53 went in to his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now the counsel of Ahithophel, which he counseled in those days, was as if one asked of the word of God; so was all the counsel of Ahithophel regarded by both David and Absalom H53.

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Then Ahithophel said to Absalom H53, “Please let me choose 12,000 men that I may arise and pursue David tonight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4 - And the word was right in the eyes of Absalom H53 and all the elders of Israel.

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Then Absalom H53 said, “Call now Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what is also in his mouth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:6 - Then Hushai came to Absalom H53. And Absalom H53 spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken [fn]thus. Shall we [fn]carry out his word? If not, you speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - And Hushai said to Absalom H53, “This time the counsel that Ahithophel has counseled is not good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Behold, he has now hidden himself in one of the [fn]caves or in another place; and it will be [fn]when he falls on them at the first attack, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom H53.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Then Absalom H53 and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For Yahweh had [fn]ordained to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that Yahweh might bring calamity on Absalom H53.

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Then Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “[fn]This is what Ahithophel counseled Absalom H53 and the elders of Israel, and [fn]this is what I have counseled.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - But a boy did see them and informed Absalom H53; so the two of them went quickly and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in his courtyard, and they went down [fn]into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - Then Absalom’s H53 servants came to the woman at the house and said, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” And the woman said to them, “They have crossed the brook of water.” And when they searched and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.

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Now David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom H53 crossed the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom H53 set Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Now Amasa was the son of a man whose name was [fn]Ithra the Israelite, who went in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:26 - And Israel and Absalom H53 camped in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - Then the king commanded Joab and Abishai and Ittai, saying, “Deal gently for my sake with the young man Absalom H53.” And all the people heard when the king commanded all the commanders concerning Absalom H53.

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Then Absalom H53 happened to meet the servants of David. Now Absalom H53 was riding on his mule, and the mule went under the thick branches of a great oak. And his head caught fast in the oak, so he was [fn]left hanging between heaven and earth, while the mule that was under him passed onward.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - Then a certain man saw it, he told Joab and said, “Behold, I saw Absalom H53 hanging in an oak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - So the man said to Joab, “Even if I should receive one thousand pieces of silver in my hand, I would not send forth my hand against the king’s son; for in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘[fn]Keep for me the young man Absalom H53!’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then Joab said, “I will not wait around here before you.” So he took three [fn]spears in his hand and thrust them through the heart of Absalom H53 while he was yet alive in the [fn]midst of the oak.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - And ten young men who carried Joab’s armor gathered around and struck Absalom H53 and put him to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - And they took Absalom H53 and cast him into [fn]a deep pit in the forest and set over him a very great heap of stones. And all Israel fled, each to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom H53 in his lifetime had taken and set up for himself a pillar which is in the King’s Valley, for he had said, “I have no son [fn]to preserve my name.” So he named the pillar after his own name, and it is called Absalom’s H53 Monument to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 18:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - Then the king said, “Is there peace with the young man Absalom H53?” And Ahimaaz said, “When Joab sent the king’s servant, and your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what it was.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - Then the king said to the Cushite, “Is there peace with the young man Absalom H53?” And the Cushite answered, “Let the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise up against you for evil, be as that young man!”

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[fn]Then the king trembled and went up to the chamber over the gate and wept. And thus he said as he walked, “O my son Absalom H53, my son, my son Absalom H53! Would I had died instead of you, O Absalom H53, my son, my son!”

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Then it was told to Joab, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourns for Absalom H53.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:4 - But as for the king, he wrapped his face up. Then the king cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom H53, O Absalom H53, my son, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - by loving those who hate you, and by hating those who love you. For you have informed all of us today that [fn]princes and servants are nothing to you; for I know this day that if Absalom H53 were alive and all of us were dead today, surely then it would be right in your eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - And it happened that all the people were disputing throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king delivered us from the [fn]hand of our enemies and provided us escape from the [fn]hand of the Philistines, but now he has fled out of the land from Absalom H53.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - “However, Absalom H53, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. So now, why are you silent about having the king return?”

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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 H53; take your lord’s servants and pursue him, lest he find for himself fortified cities and deliver himself from our sight.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - But his father had never [fn]grieved him at any time by asking, “Why have you done so?” And he was also a very handsome man in form, and [fn]he was born after Absalom H53.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - “But show lovingkindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table; for they [fn]assisted me when I fled from Absalom H53 your brother.

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Now the news came to Joab, for Joab had followed Adonijah, although he had not followed Absalom H53. And Joab fled to the tent of Yahweh and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2 - He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was [fn]Maacah the daughter of [fn]Abishalom H53.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10 - And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Maacah the daughter of Abishalom H53.

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the third was Absalom H53 the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:20 - And after her he took Maacah the daughter of [fn]Absalom H53, and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - And Rehoboam loved Maacah the daughter of Absalom H53 more than all his other wives and concubines. For he had taken eighteen wives and sixty concubines and became the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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A Psalm of David. When [fn]he fled from Absalom his son.

O Yahweh, how my adversaries have become many!

Many are rising up against me.


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