Word Study · Strong's H49 · Hebrew
אֲבִישַׁג
Abishag
ab-ee-shag'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂbîyshag
“Abishag, a concubine of David”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abishag, a concubine of David
Rendered in the KJV as
Abishag.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- אֲבִישַׁג֙1
- אֲבִישַׁ֥ג1
- אֲבִישַׁ֣ג1
- אֲבִישַׁ֤ג1
- וַֽאֲבִישַׁג֙1
How it is rendered · 2
- Abishag4
- and Abishag1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)4
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
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- HNpf · 4
- HC/Npf · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
1 Kings5 occurrences
- 1 Kings 1:3אֲבִישַׁג֙ʾavishagproper noun (a name)Then they searched throughout Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag the Shunammite and brought her to the king.here: Abishag
- 1 Kings 1:15וַֽאֲבִישַׁג֙vaavishagconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So Bathsheba went to see the king in his bedroom. Since the king was very old, Abishag the Shunammite was serving him.here: and Abishag
- 1 Kings 2:17אֲבִישַׁ֥גʾavishagproper noun (a name)Adonijah replied, “Please speak to King Solomon, since he will not turn you down. Let him give me Abishag the Shunammite as my wife.”here: Abishag
- 1 Kings 2:21אֲבִישַׁ֣גʾavishagproper noun (a name)So Bathsheba said, “Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to your brother Adonijah as his wife.”here: Abishag
- 1 Kings 2:22אֲבִישַׁ֤גʾavishagproper noun (a name)King Solomon answered his mother, “Why do you request Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? Since he is my older brother, you might as well request the kingdom for him and for Abiathar the priest and for Joab son of Zeruiah!”here: Abishag