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title: אֲבִישׁוּעַ — Abishua · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבִישׁוּעַ (50), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 5 times: Abishua. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבִישׁוּעַ

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«אֲבִישׁוּעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abishua** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 5 times · **Key:** 50 · **BDB:** אֲבִישׁוּעַ

### Glosses

Abishua (4); of.Abishua (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abishua [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/50/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/50/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my father is rescue, or is opulence (cf. שׁוֹעַ rich Jb 34:19; also שׁוּעַ Jb 36:19? but v. שׁוע); LagBN 75 thinks from אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + שׁוע cf. 𝔊 Ἀβεσσουε 1 Ch 8:4) a son of Phinehas 1 Ch 5:30, 31; 6:35 Ezr 7:5. a Benjamite, son of Bela 1 Ch 8:4.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (1 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «אֲבִישׁוּעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/50/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 8:4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.8.4/)

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וַאֲבִישׁ֥וּעַ וְנַעֲמָ֖ן וַאֲחֽוֹחַ׃

*Word for word:* and Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah

*JPS 1917:* and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah;

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[1 Chronicles 5:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.5.30/)

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אֶלְעָזָר֙ הוֹלִ֣יד אֶת־פִּֽינְחָ֔ס פִּֽינְחָ֖ס הֹלִ֥יד אֶת־אֲבִישֽׁוּעַ׃

*Word for word:* Eleazar he.fathered (et) Phinehas Phinehas he.fathered (et) Abishua

*JPS 1917:* Eleazar begot Phinehas, Phinehas begot Abishua;

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