{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H52",
  "lemma": "אֲבִישַׁי",
  "transliteration": "ʼĂbîyshay",
  "definition": "Abishai, an Israelite",
  "kjv": "Abishai.",
  "occurrences": 25,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H1",
      "lemma": "אָב",
      "transliteration": "ʼâb",
      "meaning": "father",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H1"
    },
    {
      "id": "H7862",
      "lemma": "שַׁי",
      "transliteration": "shay",
      "meaning": "a gift",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7862"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "אֲבִישַׁי n.pr.m. (my father is Jesse)—grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah & brother of Joab"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 26:6",
      "text": "Then David answered and said to Ahimelech the Hittite, and to Abishai the son of Zeruiah, brother of Joab, saying, “Who…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 26:7",
      "text": "So David and Abishai came to the people by night; and, behold, Saul lay sleeping within the place of the wagons, with…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 26:8",
      "text": "Then Abishai said to David, “God has delivered up your enemy into your hand today. Now therefore please let me strike…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Samuel 26:9",
      "text": "David said to Abishai, “Don’t destroy him, for who can stretch out his hand against the LORD’s anointed, and be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 2:18",
      "text": "The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Asahel was as light of foot as a wild gazelle.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 2:24",
      "text": "But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. The sun went down when they had come to the hill of Ammah, that lies before Giah by…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=24"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 3:30",
      "text": "So Joab and Abishai his brother killed Abner, because he had killed their brother Asahel at Gibeon in the battle.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 10:10",
      "text": "The rest of the people he committed into the hand of Abishai his brother; and he put them in array against the children…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/10?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 10:14",
      "text": "When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians had fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/10?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 16:9",
      "text": "Then Abishai the son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Please let me go…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=9"
    }
  ],
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
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