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