Lexicon / H0052
אֲבִישַׁי
a.vi.shay
  • Abishai
  • my father is Jesse

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Glosses: Abishai

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Sa.26.6 and Zeruiah (H6870);

brother of: Joab (H3097) and Asahel (H6214)

§ Abishai = "my father is Jesse" or "my father is a gift"

grandson of Jesse, nephew of David via his sister Zeruiah, brother of Joab

BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)

Glosses: my father is Jesse

אֲבִישַׁי n.pr.m my father is Jesse . ()—grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah & brother of Joab