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HebrewH0052Proper Noun (Masculine)

אֲבִישַׁי

a.vi.shay

23Occurrences
H0052Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Abishai, an Israelite

or (shorter) אַבְשַׁי ; from H1 (אָב) and H7862 (שַׁי); father of a gift (i.e. probably generous);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at and Zeruiah (H6870); brother of: Joab (H3097) and Asahel (H6214) § Abishai = "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift" grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אֲבִישַׁי appears 23 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
14
1 Chronicles
5
1 Samuel
4

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:20BSB

Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.

1 Chronicles 2:16BSB

Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

1 Samuel 26:9BSB

But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”

2 Samuel 16:11BSB

Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.

2 Samuel 2:18BSB

The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,

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