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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 1 / 2 (2Sa 3:3–2Sa 16:20)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:3 - His second son was Kileab, born to Abigail the widow of Nabal the Carmelite. His third son was Absalom, the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:1 - Now David's son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. In the course of time David's son Amnon fell madly in love with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - He asked Amnon, "Why are you, the king's son, so depressed every morning? Can't you tell me?" So Amnon said to him, "I'm in love with Tamar the sister of my brother Absalom."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:20 - Her brother Absalom said to her, "Was Amnon your brother with you? Now be quiet, my sister. He is your brother. Don't take it so seriously!" Tamar, devastated, lived in the house of her brother Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - But Absalom said nothing to Amnon, either bad or good, yet Absalom hated Amnon because he had humiliated his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:23 - Two years later Absalom's sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king's sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - Then Absalom went to the king and said, "My shearers have begun their work. Let the king and his servants go with me."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - But the king said to Absalom, "No, my son. We shouldn't all go. We shouldn't burden you in that way." Though Absalom pressed him, the king was not willing to go. Instead, David blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:26 - Then Absalom said, "If you will not go, then let my brother Amnon go with us." The king replied to him, "Why should he go with you?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - But when Absalom pressed him, he sent Amnon and all the king's sons along with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:28

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:28 - Absalom instructed his servants, "Look! When Amnon is drunk and I say to you, 'Strike Amnon down,' kill him then and there. Don't fear! Is it not I who have given you these instructions? Be strong and courageous!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - So Absalom's servants did to Amnon exactly what Absalom had instructed. Then all the king's sons got up; each one rode away on his mule and fled.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:30 - While they were still on their way, the following report reached David: "Absalom has killed all the king's sons; not one of them is left!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - Jonadab, the son of David's brother Shimeah, said, "My lord should not say, 'They have killed all the young men who are the king's sons.' For only Amnon is dead. This is what Absalom has talked about from the day that Amnon humiliated his sister Tamar.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:34 - In the meantime Absalom fled. When the servant who was the watchman looked up, he saw many people coming from the west on a road beside the hill.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:37 - But Absalom fled and went to King Talmai son of Ammihud of Geshur. And David grieved over his son every day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - After Absalom fled and went to Geshur, he remained there for three years.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 13:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - The king longed to go to Absalom, for he had since been consoled over the death of Amnon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:1 - Now Joab son of Zeruiah realized that the king longed to see Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:21 - Then the king said to Joab, "All right! I will do this thing! Go and bring back the young man Absalom!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - So Joab got up and went to Geshur and brought Absalom back to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:24 - But the king said, "Let him go over to his own house. He may not see my face." So Absalom went over to his own house; he did not see the king's face.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:25 - Now in all Israel everyone acknowledged that there was no man as handsome as Absalom. From the sole of his feet to the top of his head he was perfect in appearance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - Absalom had three sons and one daughter, whose name was Tamar. She was a very attractive woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:28 - Absalom lived in Jerusalem for two years without seeing the king's face.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:29

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30 - So he said to his servants, "Look, Joab has a portion of field adjacent to mine and he has some barley there. Go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set Joab's portion of the field on fire.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:31 - Then Joab got up and came to Absalom's house. He said to him, "Why did your servants set my portion of field on fire?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:32

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - Absalom said to Joab, "Look, I sent a message to you saying, 'Come here so that I can send you to the king with this message: "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me if I were still there."' Let me now see the face of the king. If I am at fault, let him put me to death!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So Joab went to the king and informed him. The king summoned Absalom, and he came to the king. Absalom bowed down before the king with his face toward the ground and the king kissed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 - Some time later Absalom managed to acquire a chariot and horses, as well as fifty men to serve as his royal guard.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - Now Absalom used to get up early and stand beside the road that led to the city gate. Whenever anyone came by who had a complaint to bring to the king for arbitration, Absalom would call out to him, "What city are you from?" The person would answer, "I, your servant, am from one of the tribes of Israel."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:3 - Absalom would then say to him, "Look, your claims are legitimate and appropriate. But there is no representative of the king who will listen to you."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - Absalom would then say, "If only they would make me a judge in the land! Then everyone who had a judicial complaint could come to me and I would make sure he receives a just settlement."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - Absalom acted this way toward everyone in Israel who came to the king for justice. In this way Absalom won the loyalty of the citizens of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - After four years Absalom said to the king, "Let me go and repay my vow that I made to the LORD while I was in Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - Then Absalom sent spies through all the tribes of Israel who said, "When you hear the sound of the horn, you may assume that Absalom rules in Hebron."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:11 - Now two hundred men had gone with Absalom from Jerusalem. Since they were invited, they went naively and were unaware of what Absalom was planning.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - While he was offering sacrifices, Absalom sent for Ahithophel the Gilonite, David's adviser, to come from his city, Giloh. The conspiracy was gaining momentum, and the people were starting to side with Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:13 - Then a messenger came to David and reported, "The men of Israel are loyal to Absalom!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David said to all his servants who were with him in Jerusalem, "Come on! Let's escape! Otherwise no one will be delivered from Absalom! Go immediately, or else he will quickly overtake us and bring disaster on us and kill the city's residents with the sword."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:31

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - Now David had been told, "Ahithophel has sided with the conspirators who are with Absalom. So David prayed, "Make the advice of Ahithophel foolish, O LORD!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:34

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - But you will be able to counter the advice of Ahithophel if you go back to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king! Previously I was your father's servant, and now I will be your servant.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 15:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:37 - So David's friend Hushai arrived in the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - The LORD has punished you for all the spilled blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you rule. Now the LORD has given the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. Disaster has overtaken you, for you are a man of bloodshed!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:15 - Now when Absalom and all the men of Israel arrived in Jerusalem, Ahithophel was with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:16 - When David's friend Hushai the Arkite came to Absalom, Hushai said to him, "Long live the king! Long live the king!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17 - Absalom said to Hushai, "Do you call this loyalty to your friend? Why didn't you go with your friend?"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:18 - Hushai replied to Absalom, "No, I will be loyal to the one whom the LORD, these people, and all the men of Israel have chosen.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:20 - Then Absalom said to Ahithophel, "Give us your advice. What should we do?"

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