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Lexicon :: Strong's H52 - 'ăḇîšay

Aa
אֲבִישַׁי
Transliteration
'ăḇîšay
Pronunciation
ab-ee-shah'ee
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

אֲבִישַׁי ʼĂbîyshay, ab-ee-shah'ee; or (shorter) אַבְשַׁי ʼAbshay ; from H1 and H7862; father of a gift (i.e. probably generous); Abishai, an Israelite:—Abishai.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x

The KJV translates Strong's H52 in the following manner: Abishai (25x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 25x
The KJV translates Strong's H52 in the following manner: Abishai (25x).

  1. Abishai = "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift"

    1. grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אֲבִישַׁי ʼĂbîyshay, ab-ee-shah'ee; or (shorter) אַבְשַׁי ʼAbshay ; from H1 and H7862; father of a gift (i.e. probably generous); Abishai, an Israelite:—Abishai.
STRONGS H52: Abbreviations
אֲבִישַׁי proper name, masculine (my father is Jesse; LagBN 75 thinks from אֲבֶן (= בֶּן + ישׁי compare Greek Version of the LXX Ἀβεσσα[ι] 1 Samuel 26:6) — א׳ 1 Samuel 26:6 (twice in verse) + 17 times 1 & 2 Samuel = אַבְשַׁי 2 Samuel 10:10 + 5 times 1 Chronicles — grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah & brother of Joab 1 Samuel 26:6 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 26:7, 8, 9; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 2:24 + 2 Samuel 20:6 (where read יואב Syriac Version Th We Dr) + 12 times 2Sam + 2 Samuel 20:7 (where insert אבישׁי Greek Version of the LXX We Dr) + 5 times 1 Chronicles.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

26:6; 26:6; 26:6; 26:7; 26:8; 26:9

2 Samuel

2:18; 2:24; 10:10; 20:6; 20:7

H52

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H52 matches the Hebrew אֲבִישַׁי ('ăḇîšay),
which occurs 25 times in 24 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then David H1732 said H559 to Ahimelech H288 the Hittite H2850 and to Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870, Joab’s H3097 brother H251, saying H559, “Who H4310 will go H3381 down H3381 with me to Saul H7586 in the camp H4264?” And Abishai H52 said H559, “I will go H3381 down H3381 with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:7 - So David H1732 and Abishai H52 came H935 to the people H5971 by night H3915, and behold H2009, Saul H7586 lay H7901 sleeping H3463 inside the circle H4570 of H4570 the H4570 camp H4570 with his spear H2595 stuck H4600 in the ground H776 at H4763 his head H4763; and Abner H74 and the people H5971 were lying H7901 around H5439 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:8 - Then Abishai H52 said H559 to David H1732, “Today H3117 God H430 has handed H5462 H3027 your enemy H340 over H5462 to you; now H6258 then, please H4994 let me [fn]pin H5221 him with the spear H2595 to the ground H776 with one H259 thrust H6471, and I will not [fn]do H8138 it to him a H8138 second H8138 time H8138.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 26:9 - But David H1732 said H559 to Abishai H52, “Do not [fn]kill H7843 him, for who H4310 can reach H7971 out H7971 with his hand H3027 against the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899 and remain H5352 innocent H5352?”

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Now the three H7969 sons H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 were there H8033, Joab H3097, Abishai H52, and Asahel H6214; and Asahel H6214 was as [fn]swift-footed H7031 H7272 as one H259 of the gazelles H6643 that is in the field H7704.

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But Joab H3097 and Abishai H52 pursued H7291 H310 Abner H74, and when the sun H8121 was going H935 down, they came H935 to the hill H1389 of Ammah H522, which H834 is opposite H6440 Giah H1520 by way H1870 of the wilderness H4057 of Gibeon H1391.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:30 - So Joab H3097 and his brother H251 Abishai H52 killed H2026 Abner H74 because H5921 H834 he had put H4191 their brother H251 Asahel H6214 to H4191 death H4191 in the battle H4421 at Gibeon H1391.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:10 - But the remainder H3499 of the people H5971 he placed H5414 [fn]under the command H3027 of his brother H251 Abishai H52, and he lined H6186 them up H6186 against H7122 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:14 - When the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that the Arameans H758 had fled H5127, they also fled H5127 from Abishai H52 and entered H935 the city H5892. Then Joab H3097 returned H7725 from fighting against H5921 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 and came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Then Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 said H559 to the king H4428, “Why H4100 should this H2088 dead H4191 dog H3611 curse H7043 my lord H113 the king H4428? Now H4994 let me go H5674 over H5674 and [fn]cut H5493 off H5493 his head H7218.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:11 - Then David H1732 said H559 to Abishai H52 and to all H3605 his servants H5650, “Behold H2009, my son H1121 who H834 came H3318 out H3318 of my own body seeks H1245 my life H5315; how H637 much H637 H3588 more H637 H3588 now H6258 this Benjaminite H1145? Leave H5117 him alone H5117 and let him curse H7043, for the LORD H3068 has told H559 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:2 - And David H1732 sent H7971 the people H5971 out H7971, a third H7992 [fn]under the command H3027 of Joab H3097, a third H7992 [fn]under the command H3027 of Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870, Joab’s H3097 brother H251, and a third H7992 [fn]under the command H3027 of Ittai H863 the Gittite H1663. And the king H4428 said H559 to the people H5971, “I myself H589 will certainly H3318 go H3318 out H3318 with you also H1571.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - But the king H4428 commanded H6680 Joab H3097, Abishai H52, and Ittai H863, saying H559, “Deal gently H328 with the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom H53 for my sake.” And all H3605 the people H5971 heard H8085 when the king H4428 commanded H6680 all H3605 the commanders H8269 regarding H5921 H1697 Absalom H53.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - But the man H376 said H559 to Joab H3097, “Even if H3863 I were to [fn]receive H8254 a thousand H505 pieces of silver H3701 in my hand H3709, I would not put H7971 out H7971 my hand H3027 against H413 the king’s H4428 son H1121; for in our hearing H241 the king H4428 commanded H6680 you, Abishai H52, and Ittai H863, saying H559, ‘[fn]Protect H8104 the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom H53 for me!’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:21 - But Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 responded H6030 H559, “Should Shimei H8096 not be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 for this H2088, the fact H3588 that he cursed H7043 the LORD’S H3068 anointed H4899?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - And David H1732 said H559 to Abishai H52, “Now H6258 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075 will do H7489 us more H4480 harm H7489 than H4480 Absalom H53; take H3947 your lord’s H113 servants H5650 and pursue H7291 H310 him, so H6435 that H6435 he does not H6435 find H4672 for himself fortified H1219 cities H5892 and escape H5337 from our sight H5869.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:10 - But Amasa H6021 was not on guard H8104 against the sword H2719 which H834 was in Joab’s H3097 hand H3027, so he struck H5221 him in the belly H2570 with it and spilled H8210 out H8210 his intestines H4578 on the ground H776, and did H8138 not strike him again H8138, and he died H4191. Then Joab H3097 and his brother H251 Abishai H52 pursued H7291 H310 Sheba H7652 the son H1121 of Bichri H1075.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:17 - But Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 helped H5826 him, and struck H5221 the Philistine H6430 and killed H4191 him. Then H227 David’s H1732 men H376 swore H7650 to him, saying H559, “You shall not go H3318 out H3318 again H5750 with us to battle H4421, so that you do not extinguish H3518 the lamp H5216 of Israel H3478.”

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Now Abishai H52, the brother H251 of Joab H3097, the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870, was chief H7218 of the [fn]thirty H7992. And he swung H5782 his spear H2595 against H5921 three H7969 hundred H3967 [fn]and killed H2491 them, and had a name H8034 [fn]as well as the three H7969.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:16 - Their sisters H269 were Zeruiah H6870 and Abigail H26. And the three H7969 sons H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 were [fn]Abshai H52, Joab H3097, and Asahel H6214.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 11:20

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As for [fn]Abshai H52 the brother H251 of Joab H3097, he was chief H7218 of the [fn]thirty H7970, and he wielded H5782 his spear H2595 against H5921 three H7969 hundred H3967 [fn]and killed H2491 them; and he had a name H8034 [fn]as well as the [fn]thirty H7970.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:12

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Moreover, Abishai H52 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 [fn]defeated H5221 eighteen H8083 H6240 thousand H505 Edomites H123 in the Valley H1516 of Salt H4417.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:11 - But the remainder H3499 of the people H5971 he placed H5414 [fn]under the command H3027 of [fn]Abshai H52 his brother H251; and they lined H6186 up H6186 against H7122 the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:15 - When the sons H1121 of Ammon H5983 saw H7200 that the Arameans H758 had fled H5127, they also H1571 fled H5127 from his brother H251 Abshai H52 and entered H935 the city H5892. Then Joab H3097 came H935 to Jerusalem H3389.
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