# H49 אֲבִישַׁג

אֲבִישַׁג (ʼĂbîyshag), Strong’s H49: Abishag, a concubine of David KJV: Abishag.. Occurs 5 times.

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*ʼĂbîyshag* — Abishag, a concubine of David

KJV: Abishag.

Built from [אָב ʼâb](https://besorah.bible/word/H1) (father) + [שָׁגָה shâgâh](https://besorah.bible/word/H7686) (to stray) — means “father of error (i.e. blundering)”

Occurs 5 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲבִישַׁג n.pr.f. (my father is a wanderer (שׁגג) ?) a handmaid of David

## Where it occurs
- [1 Kings 1:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=3) — So they sought for a beautiful young lady throughout all the borders of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and…
- [1 Kings 1:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/1?v=15) — Bathsheba went in to the king in his room. The king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite was serving the king.
- [1 Kings 2:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=17) — He said, “Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you ‘no’), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as…
- [1 Kings 2:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=21) — She said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah your brother as wife.”
- [1 Kings 2:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/2?v=22) — King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Ask for him the kingdom also…