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Lexicon :: Strong's H53 - 'ăbyšālôm

Aa
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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Now it was after H310 this H3651 that Absalom H53 the son H1121 of David H1732 had a beautiful H3303 sister H269 whose name H8034 was Tamar H8559, and Amnon H550 the son H1121 of David H1732 was in love H157 with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:4 - And he said H559 to him, “Why H4069 are you, the king’s H4428 son H1121, so H3602 depressed H1800 morning H1242 after morning H1242? Will you not tell H5046 me?” So Amnon H550 said H559 to him, “I am in love H157 with Tamar H8559, the sister H269 of my brother H251 Absalom H53.”

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Then Absalom H53 her brother H251 said H559 to her, “Has Amnon H550 your brother H251 been H1961 with you? But now H6258 keep H2790 silent H2790, my sister H269, he is your brother H251; do not take H7896 this H2088 matter H1697 to heart H3820.” So Tamar H8559 remained H3427 and was H8074 isolated H8074 in her brother H251 Absalom’s H53 house H1004.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:22 - But Absalom H53 did not speak H1696 with Amnon H550 either H5704 good H2896 or H4480 bad H7451; for Absalom H53 hated H8130 Amnon H550 because H5921 H1697 H834 he had violated H6031 his sister H269 Tamar H8559.

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 after two full H3117 years H8141 that Absalom H53 had H1961 sheepshearers H1494 in Baal-hazor H1178, which H834 is near H5973 Ephraim H669, and Absalom H53 invited H7121 all H3605 the king’s H4428 sons H1121 to celebrate.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:24 - And Absalom H53 came H935 to the king H4428 and said H559, “Behold H2009 now H4994, your servant H5650 has sheepshearers H1494; may the king H4428 and his servants H5650 please H4994 go H1980 with your servant H5650.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:25 - But the king H4428 said H559 to Absalom H53, “No H408, my son H1121, we should not all H3605 go H1980, so that we will not be H3513 a H3513 burden H3513 to you.” Though he urged H6555 him, he would H14 not go H1980; but he blessed H1288 him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:26 - Then Absalom H53 said H559, “If not, please H4994 have my brother H251 Amnon H550 go H1980 with us.” But the king H4428 said H559 to him, “Why H4100 should he go H1980 with you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:27 - Nevertheless Absalom H53 urged H6555 him, so he let H7971 Amnon H550 and all H3605 the king’s H4428 sons H1121 go H7971 with him.

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Then Absalom H53 commanded H6680 his servants H5288, saying H559, “See H7200 now H4994, when Amnon’s H550 heart H3820 is cheerful H2895 with wine H3196, and I say H559 to you, ‘Strike H5221 Amnon H550,’ then put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191. Do not fear H3372; have I not commanded H6680 you myself H595? Be H2388 courageous H2388 and be [fn]valiant H1121 H2428.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - And the servants H5288 of Absalom H53 did H6213 to Amnon H550 just H834 as H834 Absalom H53 had commanded H6680. Then all H3605 the king’s H4428 sons H1121 got H6965 up H6965 and each H376 mounted H7392 his mule H6505 and fled H5127.

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Now it was while they were on the way H1870 that the report H8052 came H935 to David H1732, saying H559, “Absalom H53 has struck H5221 and H5221 killed H5221 all H3605 the king’s H4428 sons H1121, and not one H259 of them is left H3498.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:32 - And Jonadab H3082, the son H1121 of Shimeah H8093, David’s H1732 brother H251, [fn]responded H6030 H559, “Let my lord H113 not [fn]assume H559 that they have put H4191 to H4191 death H4191 all H3605 the young H5288 men H5288, the king’s H4428 sons H1121, for only H905 Amnon H550 is dead H4191; because H3588 this has been H1961 set H7760 up H7760 by the [fn]intent H6310 of Absalom H53 since H4480 the day H3117 that he violated H6031 his sister H269 Tamar H8559.

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Now Absalom H53 had fled H1272. And the young H5288 man H5288 who was the watchman H6822 raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, many H7227 people H5971 were coming H1980 from the road H1870 behind H310 him by the side H6654 of the mountain H2022.

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Now Absalom H53 had fled H1272 and gone H1980 to Talmai H8526 the son H1121 of Ammihud H5989, the king H4428 of Geshur H1650. And David mourned H56 for his son H1121 every H3605 day H3117.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:38 - So Absalom H53 had fled H1272 and gone H1980 to Geshur H1650, and was there H8033 for three H7969 years H8141.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:39 - And the heart of King H4428 David H1732 longed H3615 to go H3318 out H3318 to Absalom H53; for he was comforted H5162 regarding H5921 Amnon H550, since H3588 he was dead H4191.

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Now Joab H3097 the son H1121 of Zeruiah H6870 perceived H3045 that the king’s H4428 heart H3820 was drawn toward H5921 Absalom H53.

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Then the king H4428 said H559 to Joab H3097, “Behold H2009 now H4994, I [fn]will certainly do H6213 this H2088 thing H1697; go H1980 then, bring H7725 back H7725 the young H5288 man H5288 Absalom H53.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:23 - So Joab H3097 arose H6965 and went H1980 to Geshur H1650, and brought H935 Absalom H53 to Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:24 - However, the king H4428 said H559, “He shall return H5437 to his own house H1004, but he shall not see H7200 my face H6440.” So Absalom H53 returned H5437 to his own house H1004 and did not see H7200 the king’s H4428 face H6440.

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Now in all H3605 Israel H3478 there was no H3808 one H376 as handsome H3303 as Absalom H53, so highly H3966 praised H1984; from the sole H3709 of his foot H7272 to the top H6936 of H6936 his head H6936 there was no H3808 impairment H3971 in him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:27 - And to Absalom H53 there were born H3205 three H7969 sons H1121, and one H259 daughter H1323 whose name H8034 was Tamar H8559; she was a woman H802 of beautiful H3303 appearance H4758.

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Now Absalom H53 lived H3427 two full H3117 years H8141 in Jerusalem H3389, yet he did not see H7200 the king’s H4428 face H6440.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:29 - Then Absalom H53 sent H7971 for Joab H3097, to send H7971 him to the king H4428, but he would H14 not come H935 to him. So he sent H7971 word again H5750 a second H8145 time H8145, but he would H14 not come H935.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:30 - Therefore he said H559 to his servants H5650, “See H7200, Joab’s H3097 plot H2513 is next H413 H3027 to mine, and he has barley H8184 there H8033; go H1980 and set H3341 it on fire H784.” So Absalom’s H53 servants H5650 set H3341 the plot H2513 on fire H784.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:31 - Then Joab H3097 got H6965 up H6965, came H935 to Absalom H53 at his house H1004, and said H559 to him, “Why H4100 have your servants H5650 set H3341 my plot H2513 on fire H784?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:32 - Absalom H53 [fn]answered H559 Joab H3097, “Behold H2009, I sent H7971 for you, saying H559, ‘Come H935 here H2008, so that I may send H7971 you to the king H4428, to say H559, “Why H4100 have I come H935 from Geshur H1650? It would be better H2896 for me still H5750 to be there H8033.”’ Now H6258 then, let me see H7200 the king’s H4428 face H6440, and if H518 there H3426 is H3426 guilt H5771 in me, he can have me executed H4191.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:33 - So when Joab H3097 came H935 to the king H4428 and told H5046 him, he summoned H7121 Absalom H53. Then Absalom came H935 to the king H4428 and prostrated H2331 himself [fn]with his face H639 to the ground H776 before H6440 the king H4428; and the king H4428 kissed H5401 Absalom H53.

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 after H4480 H310 this H3651 that Absalom H53 provided H6213 for himself a chariot H4818 and horses H5483, and fifty H2572 men H376 [fn]to run H7323 ahead H6440 of him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom H53 used to rise H7925 early H7925 and stand H5975 beside H5921 H3027 the road H1870 to the gate H8179; and when any H3605 man H376 who H834 had H1961 a lawsuit H7379 was to come H935 before H413 the king H4428 for judgment H4941, Absalom H53 would call H7121 out H7121 to him and say H559, “From what H2088 H335 city H5892 are you?” And he would say H559, “Your servant H5650 is from one H259 of the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:3 - Then Absalom H53 would say H559 to him, “See H7200, your [fn]claims H1697 are good H2896 and right H5228, but you have no H369 one to listen H8085 to you on the part H4480 H854 of the king H4428.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - Moreover, Absalom H53 would say H559, “Oh H4310 that someone would appoint H7760 me judge H8199 in the land H776, then every H3605 man H376 who H834 has H1961 a lawsuit H7379 or claim H4941 could come H935 to me, and I would give H6663 him justice H6663!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - Absalom H53 dealt H6213 this H2088 way H1697 with all H3605 Israel H3478 who H834 came H935 to the king H4428 for judgment H4941; so Absalom H53 stole H1589 the hearts H3820 of the people H376 of Israel H3478.

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Now it came H1961 about H1961 at the end H7093 of [fn]four H705 years H8141 that Absalom H53 said H559 to the king H4428, “Please H4994 let me go H1980 and pay H7999 my vow H5088 which H834 I have made H5087 to the LORD H3068, in Hebron H2275.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:10 - But Absalom H53 sent H7971 spies H7270 throughout H3605 the tribes H7626 of Israel H3478, saying H559, “As soon as you hear H8085 the sound H6963 of the trumpet H7782, then you shall say H559, ‘Absalom H53 is H4427 king H4427 in Hebron H2275!’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:11 - Then two hundred H3967 men H376 went H1980 with Absalom H53 from Jerusalem H3389, who were invited H7121 and went H1980 [fn]innocently H8537, for they did not know H3045 anything H3605 H1697.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:12 - And Absalom H53 sent H7971 for Ahithophel H302 the Gilonite H1526, David’s H1732 counselor H3289, from his city H5892 Giloh H1542, while he was offering H2076 the sacrifices H2077. And the conspiracy H7195 was strong H533, for the people H5971 continually H1980 increased H7227 with Absalom H53.

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Then a messenger H5046 came H935 to David H1732, saying H559, “The hearts H3820 of the people H376 of Israel H3478 are [fn]with Absalom H53.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:14 - So David H1732 said H559 to all H3605 his servants H5650 who H834 were with him in Jerusalem H3389, “Arise H6965 and let’s flee H1272, for otherwise none H3808 of us will escape H6413 from Absalom H53. Go H1980 quickly H4116, or H6435 he will hurry H4116 and overtake H5381 us, and bring H5080 disaster H5080 H7451 on us and strike H5221 the city H5892 with the edge H6310 of the sword H2719.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:31 - Now someone informed H5046 David H1732, saying H559, “Ahithophel H302 is among the conspirators H7194 with Absalom H53.” And David H1732 said H559, “LORD H3068, please H4994 make H5528 the advice H6098 of Ahithophel H302 foolish H5528.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:34 - “But if H518 you return H7725 to the city H5892 and say H559 to Absalom H53, ‘I will be your servant H5650, O king H4428; even as I was your father’s H1 servant H5650 in time H227 past H227, so now H6258 I will also be your servant H5650,’ then you can foil H6565 the advice H6098 of Ahithophel H302 for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:37 - So Hushai H2365, David’s H1732 friend H7463, came H935 into the city H5892, and Absalom H53 came H935 into Jerusalem H3389.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:8 - “The LORD H3068 has brought H7725 back H7725 upon you all H3605 the bloodshed H1818 of the house H1004 of Saul H7586, in H8478 whose H834 place H8478 you have become H4427 king H4427; and the LORD H3068 has handed H5414 H3027 the kingdom H4410 over H5414 to your son H1121 Absalom H53. And behold H2009, you are caught in your own evil H7451, for you are a man H376 of bloodshed H1818!”

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Then Absalom H53 and all H3605 the people H5971, the men H376 of Israel H3478, entered H935 Jerusalem H3389, and Ahithophel H302 with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:16 - Now it came H1961 about H1961, when H834 Hushai H2365 the Archite H757, David’s H1732 friend H7463, came H935 to Absalom H53, that Hushai H2365 said H559 to Absalom H53, “Long live H2421 the king H4428! Long live H2421 the king H4428!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:17 - But Absalom H53 said H559 to Hushai H2365, “Is this H2088 your [fn]loyalty H2617 to your friend H7453? Why H4100 did you not go H1980 with your friend H7453?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:18 - So Hushai H2365 said H559 to Absalom H53, “No H3808! For whomever H834 the LORD H3068, this H2088 people H5971, and all H3605 the men H376 of Israel H3478 have chosen H977, his I shall be, and with him I shall remain H3427.

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Then Absalom H53 said H559 to Ahithophel H302, “Give H3051 your advice H6098. What H4100 should we do H6213?”


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