H52 אֲבִישַׁי
ʼĂbîyshay — Abishai, an Israelite
KJV: Abishai.
Built from אָב ʼâb (father) + שַׁי shay (a gift) — means “father of a gift (i.e. probably generous)”
Occurs 25 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- אֲבִישַׁי n.pr.m. (my father is Jesse)—grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah & brother of Joab
Where it occurs
- 1 Samuel 26:6 — Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who…
- 1 Samuel 26:7 — So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with…
- 1 Samuel 26:8 — Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike…
- 1 Samuel 26:9 — David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be…
- 2 Samuel 2:18 — The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.
- 2 Samuel 2:24 — But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. The sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by…
- 2 Samuel 3:30 — So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.
- 2 Samuel 10:10 — The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children…
- 2 Samuel 10:14 — When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city…
- 2 Samuel 16:9 — Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go…