Word Study · Strong's H2365 · Hebrew
חוּשַׁי
Chushay
khoo-shah'-ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: Chûwshay
“Chushai, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Chushai, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Hushai.
- 14occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 11inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 14 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 11
- חוּשַׁ֣י2
- חוּשַׁי֮2
- חוּשַׁ֗י2
- וְחוּשַׁ֥י1
- חוּשַׁ֛י1
- חוּשַׁ֧י1
- חוּשַׁי֙1
- חוּשַׁ֔י1
- חוּשַׁ֖י1
- חוּשָׁ֔י1
- לְחוּשַׁ֣י1
How it is rendered · 3
- Hushai12
- and Hushai1
- to Hushai1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)12
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 12
- HC/Npm · 1
- HR/Npm · 1
All 14, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
2 Samuel carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
2 Samuel12 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 15:32חוּשַׁ֣יchushaiproper noun (a name)When David came to the summit, where he used to worship God, Hushai the Archite was there to meet him with his robe torn and dust on his head.here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 15:37חוּשַׁ֛יchushaiproper noun (a name)So David’s friend Hushai arrived in Jerusalem just as Absalom was entering the city.here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 16:16חוּשַׁ֧יchushaiproper noun (a name)And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 16:16חוּשַׁי֙chushaiproper noun (a name)And David’s friend Hushai the Archite went to Absalom and said to him, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 16:17חוּשַׁ֔יchushaiproper noun (a name)“Is this the loyalty you show your friend?” Absalom replied. “Why did you not go with your friend?”here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 16:18חוּשַׁי֮chushaiproper noun (a name)“Not at all,” Hushai answered. “For the one chosen by the LORD, by the people, and by all the men of Israel—his I will be, and with him I will remain.here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 17:5לְחוּשַׁ֣יlechushaipreposition + proper noun (a name)Then Absalom said, “Summon Hushai the Archite as well, and let us hear what he too has to say.”here: to Hushai
- 2 Samuel 17:6חוּשַׁי֮chushaiproper noun (a name)So Hushai came to Absalom, who told him, “Ahithophel has spoken this proposal. Should we carry it out? If not, what do you say?”here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 17:7חוּשַׁ֖יchushaiproper noun (a name)Hushai replied, “This time the advice of Ahithophel is not sound.”here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 17:8חוּשַׁ֗יchushaiproper noun (a name)He continued, “You know your father and his men. They are mighty men, and as fierce as a wild bear robbed of her cubs. Moreover, your father is a man of war who will not spend the night with the troops.here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 17:14חוּשַׁ֣יchushaiproper noun (a name)Then Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The advice of Hushai the Archite is better than that of Ahithophel.” For the LORD had purposed to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel in order to bring disaster on Absalom.here: Hushai
- 2 Samuel 17:15חוּשַׁ֗יchushaiproper noun (a name)So Hushai told Zadok and Abiathar, the priests, “This is what Ahithophel has advised Absalom and the elders of Israel, and this is what I have advised.here: Hushai