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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, “Go in to your father’s concubines, whom he has left to keep the house; and all Israel will hear that you are abhorred by your father. Then the hands of all who are with you will be strong.”

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now the advice of Ahithophel, which he gave in those days, was as if one had inquired at the oracle of God. So was all the advice of Ahithophel both with David and with Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:1 - Moreover Ahithophel said to Absalom, “Now let me choose twelve thousand men, and I will arise and pursue David tonight.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4 - And the saying pleased Absalom and all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:5 - Then Absalom said, “Now call Hushai the Archite also, and let us hear what he says too.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:6 - And when Hushai came to Absalom, Absalom spoke to him, saying, “Ahithophel has spoken in this manner. Shall we do as he says? If not, speak up.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - So Hushai said to Absalom: “The advice that Ahithophel has given is not good at this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - “Surely by now he is hidden in some pit, or in some other place. And it will be, when some of them are overthrown at the first, that whoever hears it will say, ‘There is a slaughter among the people who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - So Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than the advice of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to defeat the good advice of Ahithophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring disaster on Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15 - Then Hushai said to Zadok and Abiathar the priests, “Thus and so Ahithophel advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and thus and so I have advised.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom. But both of them went away quickly and came to a man’s house in Bahurim, who had a well in his court; and they went down into it.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:24 - Then David went to Mahanaim. And Absalom crossed over the Jordan, he and all the men of Israel with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - And Absalom made Amasa captain of the army instead of Joab. This Amasa was the son of a man whose name was Jithra,[fn] an Israelite,[fn] who had gone in to Abigail the daughter of Nahash, sister of Zeruiah, Joab’s mother.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:26 - So Israel and Absalom encamped in the land of Gilead.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:9 - Then Absalom met the servants of David. Absalom rode on a mule. The mule went under the thick boughs of a great terebinth tree, and his head caught in the terebinth; so he was left hanging between heaven and earth. And the mule which was under him went on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - Now a certain man saw it and told Joab, and said, “I just saw Absalom hanging in a terebinth tree!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - But the man said to Joab, “Though I were to receive a thousand shekels of silver in my hand, I would not raise my hand against the king’s son. For in our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, saying, ‘Beware lest anyone touch the young man Absalom!’[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Then Joab said, “I cannot linger with you.” And he took three spears in his hand and thrust them through Absalom’s heart, while he was still alive in the midst of the terebinth tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - And ten young men who bore Joab’s armor surrounded Absalom, and struck and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - And they took Absalom and cast him into a large pit in the woods, and laid a very large heap of stones over him. Then all Israel fled, everyone to his tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - Now Absalom in his lifetime had taken and set up a pillar for himself, which is in the King’s Valley. For he said, “I have no son to keep my name in remembrance.” He called the pillar after his own name. And to this day it is called Absalom’s Monument.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - The king said, “Is the young man Absalom safe?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what it was about.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - And the king said to the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?” So the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you to do harm, be like that young man!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - Then the king was deeply moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went, he said thus: “O my son Absalom—my son, my son Absalom—if only I had died in your place! O Absalom my son, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:1 - And Joab was told, “Behold, the king is weeping and mourning for Absalom.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:4 - But the king covered his face, and the king cried out with a loud voice, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - “in that you love your enemies and hate your friends. For you have declared today that you regard neither princes nor servants; for today I perceive that if Absalom had lived and all of us had died today, then it would have pleased you well.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - Now all the people were in a dispute throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, “The king saved us from the hand of our enemies, he delivered us from the hand of the Philistines, and now he has fled from the land because of Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - “But Absalom, whom we anointed over us, has died in battle. Now therefore, why do you say nothing about bringing back the king?”

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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 find for himself fortified cities, and escape us.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - (And his father had not rebuked him at any time by saying, “Why have you done so?” He was also very good-looking. His mother had borne him after Absalom.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - “But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, for so they came to me when I fled from Absalom your brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - Then news came to Joab, for Joab had defected to Adonijah, though he had not defected to Absalom. So Joab fled to the tabernacle of the LORD, and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2 - He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10 - And he reigned forty-one years in Jerusalem. His grandmother’s name was Maachah the granddaughter of Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2 - the third, Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:20 - After her he took Maachah the granddaughter[fn] of Absalom; and she bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Now Rehoboam loved Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom more than all his wives and his concubines; for he took eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and begot twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - A Psalm of David when he fled from Absalom his son.

LORD, how they have increased who trouble me!
Many are they who rise up against me.

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