# H52 אֲבִישַׁי

אֲבִישַׁי (ʼĂbîyshay), Strong’s H52: Abishai, an Israelite KJV: Abishai.. Occurs 25 times.

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*ʼĂbîyshay* — Abishai, an Israelite

KJV: Abishai.

Built from [אָב ʼâb](https://besorah.bible/word/H1) (father) + [שַׁי shay](https://besorah.bible/word/H7862) (a gift) — means “father of a gift (i.e. probably generous)”

Occurs 25 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-samuel/26?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/3?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/10?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/10?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/16?v=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…