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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 2 / 2 (2Sa 16:21–Psa 3:1)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:21 - Ahithophel answered, “Sleep with your father’s concubines whom he left to take care of the palace. Then all Israel will hear that you have made yourself obnoxious to your father, and the hands of everyone with you will be more resolute.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:22 - So they pitched a tent for Absalom on the roof, and he slept with his father’s concubines in the sight of all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:23 - Now in those days the advice Ahithophel gave was like that of one who inquires of God. That was how both David and Absalom regarded all of Ahithophel’s advice.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:1 - Ahithophel said to Absalom, “I would[fn] choose twelve thousand men and set out tonight in pursuit of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:4 - This plan seemed good to Absalom and to all the elders of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:5 - But Absalom said, “Summon also Hushai the Arkite, so we can hear what he has to say as well.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:6 - When Hushai came to him, Absalom said, “Ahithophel has given this advice. Should we do what he says? If not, give us your opinion.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:7 - Hushai replied to Absalom, “The advice Ahithophel has given is not good this time.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:9 - Even now, he is hidden in a cave or some other place. If he should attack your troops first,[fn] whoever hears about it will say, ‘There has been a slaughter among the troops who follow Absalom.’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:14 - Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Arkite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had determined to frustrate the good advice of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:15 - Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel to do such and such, but I have advised them to do so and so.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:18 - But a young man saw them and told Absalom. So the two of them left at once and went to the house of a man in Bahurim. He had a well in his courtyard, and they climbed down into it.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:20 - When Absalom’s men came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” The woman answered them, “They crossed over the brook.”[fn] The men searched but found no one, so they returned to Jerusalem.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:25 - Absalom had appointed Amasa over the army in place of Joab. Amasa was the son of Jether,[fn] an Ishmaelite[fn] who had married Abigail[fn], the daughter of Nahash and sister of Zeruiah the mother of Joab.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:26 - The Israelites and Absalom camped in the land of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:5 - The king commanded Joab, Abishai and Ittai, “Be gentle with the young man Absalom for my sake.” And all the troops heard the king giving orders concerning Absalom to each of the commanders.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:9 - Now Absalom happened to meet David’s men. He was riding his mule, and as the mule went under the thick branches of a large oak, Absalom’s hair got caught in the tree. He was left hanging in midair, while the mule he was riding kept on going.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:10 - When one of the men saw what had happened, he told Joab, “I just saw Absalom hanging in an oak tree.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:12 - But the man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels[fn] were weighed out into my hands, I would not lay a hand on the king’s son. In our hearing the king commanded you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.[fn]’

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:14 - Joab said, “I’m not going to wait like this for you.” So he took three javelins in his hand and plunged them into Absalom’s heart while Absalom was still alive in the oak tree.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:15 - And ten of Joab’s armor-bearers surrounded Absalom, struck him and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:17 - They took Absalom, threw him into a big pit in the forest and piled up a large heap of rocks over him. Meanwhile, all the Israelites fled to their homes.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:18 - During his lifetime Absalom had taken a pillar and erected it in the King’s Valley as a monument to himself, for he thought, “I have no son to carry on the memory of my name.” He named the pillar after himself, and it is called Absalom’s Monument to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - The king asked, “Is the young man Absalom safe?” Ahimaaz answered, “I saw great confusion just as Joab was about to send the king’s servant and me, your servant, but I don’t know what it was.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - The king asked the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?” The Cushite replied, “May the enemies of my lord the king and all who rise up to harm you be like that young man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:33 - The king was shaken. He went up to the room over the gateway and wept. As he went, he said: “O my son Absalom! My son, my son Absalom! If only I had died instead of you—O Absalom, my son, my son!”[fn]

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:4 - The king covered his face and cried aloud, “O my son Absalom! O Absalom, my son, my son!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:6 - You love those who hate you and hate those who love you. You have made it clear today that the commanders and their men mean nothing to you. I see that you would be pleased if Absalom were alive today and all of us were dead.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:9 - Throughout the tribes of Israel, all the people were arguing among themselves, saying, “The king delivered us from the hand of our enemies; he is the one who rescued us from the hand of the Philistines. But now he has fled the country to escape from Absalom;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:10 - and Absalom, whom we anointed to rule over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about bringing the king back?”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:6 - David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba son of Bikri will do us more harm than Absalom did. Take your master’s men and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and escape from us.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:6 - (His father had never rebuked him by asking, “Why do you behave as you do?” He was also very handsome and was born next after Absalom.)

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:7 - “But show kindness to the sons of Barzillai of Gilead and let them be among those who eat at your table. They stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:28 - When the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah though not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:2 - and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 15:10 - and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maakah daughter of Abishalom.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:2

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:20 - Then he married Maakah daughter of Absalom, who bore him Abijah, Attai, Ziza and Shelomith.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:21 - Rehoboam loved Maakah daughter of Absalom more than any of his other wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 3:1 - [fn]A psalm of David. When he fled from his son Absalom. LORD, how many are my foes! How many rise up against me!

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