Word Study · Strong's H52 · Hebrew
אֲבִישַׁי
Abishay
ab-ee-shah'ee
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼĂbîyshay
“Abishai, an Israelite”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Abishai, an Israelite
Rendered in the KJV as
Abishai.
- 25occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 13inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 25 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 13
- אֲבִישַׁ֤י5
- אֲבִישַׁ֔י3
- אַבְשַׁ֣י3
- אֲבִישַׁי֙2
- וַאֲבִישַׁ֖י2
- וַאֲבִישַׁ֣י2
- וְאַבְשַׁ֣י2
- אֲבִישַׁ֨י1
- אֲבִישַׁ֖י1
- אֲבִישַׁ֣י1
- אַבְשַׁ֛י1
- וַאֲבִישַׁ֞י1
and 1 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- Abishai16
- and Abishai8
- Abshai1
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)17
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)8
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 17
- HC/Npm · 8
All 25, 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.
1 Samuel5 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 26:6אֲבִישַׁ֨יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.here: Abishai
- 1 Samuel 26:6אֲבִישַׁ֔יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)And David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother, “Who will go down with me to Saul in the camp?” “I will go with you,” answered Abishai.here: Abishai
- 1 Samuel 26:7וַאֲבִישַׁ֥י׀vaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)That night David and Abishai came to the troops, and Saul was lying there asleep in the inner circle of the camp, with his spear stuck in the ground by his head. And Abner and the troops were lying around him.here: and Abishai
- 1 Samuel 26:8אֲבִישַׁי֙ʾavishaiproper noun (a name)Abishai said to David, “Today God has delivered your enemy into your hand. Now, therefore, please let me thrust the spear through him into the ground with one stroke. I will not need to strike him twice!”here: Abishai
- 1 Samuel 26:9אֲבִישַׁ֖יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)But David said to Abishai, “Do not destroy him, for who can lift a hand against the LORD’s anointed and be guiltless?”here: Abishai
2 Samuel15 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:18וַאֲבִישַׁ֖יvaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The three sons of Zeruiah were there: Joab, Abishai, and Asahel. Now Asahel was fleet of foot like a wild gazelle,here: and Abishai
- 2 Samuel 2:24וַאֲבִישַׁ֖יvaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)But Joab and Abishai pursued Abner. By sunset, they had gone as far as the hill of Ammah opposite Giah on the way to the wilderness of Gibeon.here: and Abishai
- 2 Samuel 3:30וַאֲבִישַׁ֣יvaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)(Joab and his brother Abishai murdered Abner because he had killed their brother Asahel in the battle at Gibeon.)here: and Abishai
- 2 Samuel 10:10אַבְשַׁ֣יʾavshaiproper noun (a name)And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 10:14אֲבִישַׁ֔יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 16:9אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)Then Abishai son of Zeruiah said to the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my lord the king? Let me go over and cut off his head!”here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 16:11אֲבִישַׁי֙ʾavishaiproper noun (a name)Then David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “Behold, my own son, my own flesh and blood, seeks my life. How much more, then, this Benjamite! Leave him alone and let him curse me, for the LORD has told him so.here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 18:2אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)He sent out the troops, a third under Joab, a third under Joab’s brother Abishai son of Zeruiah, and a third under Ittai the Gittite. And the king said to the troops, “I will surely march out with you as well.”here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 18:5אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)Now the king had commanded Joab, Abishai, and Ittai, “Treat the young man Absalom gently for my sake.” And all the people heard the king’s orders to each of the commanders regarding Absalom.here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 18:12אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)The man replied, “Even if a thousand shekels of silver were weighed out into my hands, I would not raise my hand against the son of the king. For we heard the king command you and Abishai and Ittai, ‘Protect the young man Absalom for my sake.’here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 19:21אֲבִישַׁ֤יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)But Abishai son of Zeruiah said, “Shouldn’t Shimei be put to death for this, because he cursed the LORD’s anointed?”here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 20:6אֲבִישַׁ֔יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)And David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 20:10וַאֲבִישַׁ֣יvaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Amasa was not on guard against the dagger in Joab’s hand, and Joab stabbed him in the stomach and spilled out his intestines on the ground. And Joab did not need to strike him again, for Amasa was dead. Then Joab and his brother Abishai pursued Sheba son of Bichri.here: and Abishai
- 2 Samuel 21:17אֲבִישַׁ֣יʾavishaiproper noun (a name)But Abishai son of Zeruiah came to his aid, struck the Philistine, and killed him. Then David’s men swore to him, “You must never again go out with us to battle, so that the lamp of Israel may not be extinguished.”here: Abishai
- 2 Samuel 23:18וַאֲבִישַׁ֞יvaavishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now Abishai, the brother of Joab and son of Zeruiah, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.here: and Abishai
1 Chronicles5 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:16אַבְשַׁ֛יʾavshaiproper noun (a name)Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.here: Abshai
- 1 Chronicles 11:20וְאַבְשַׁ֣יveavshaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Now Abishai, the brother of Joab, was chief of the Three, and he lifted his spear against three hundred men, killed them, and won a name along with the Three.here: and Abishai
- 1 Chronicles 18:12וְאַבְשַׁ֣יveavshaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Moreover, Abishai son of Zeruiah struck down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.here: and Abishai
- 1 Chronicles 19:11אַבְשַׁ֣יʾavshaiproper noun (a name)And he placed the rest of the forces under the command of his brother Abishai, who arrayed them against the Ammonites.here: Abishai
- 1 Chronicles 19:15אַבְשַׁ֣יʾavshaiproper noun (a name)When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Joab’s brother Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab went back to Jerusalem.here: Abishai