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HebrewH0049Proper Noun (Feminine)

אֲבִישַׁג

a.vi.shag

5Occurrences
H0049Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Abishag, a concubine of David

from H1 (אָב) and H7686 (שָׁגָה); father of error (i.e. blundering);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at § Abishag = "my father is a wanderer" David's beautiful young nurse

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

N:N-F-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

אֲבִישַׁג appears 5 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Kings
5

Key Passages

1 Kings 1:3BSB

Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.

1 Kings 1:15BSB

So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.

1 Kings 2:17BSB

Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”

1 Kings 2:21BSB

So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”

1 Kings 2:22BSB

King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.