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title: אֲבִישַׁי — Abishai · The Tanakh dictionary
description: אֲבִישַׁי (52), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 25 times: Abishai. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# אֲבִישַׁי

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«אֲבִישַׁי» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Abishai** — 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:** 25 times · **Key:** 52 · **BDB:** אֲבִישַׁי

### Glosses

Abishai (21); of.Abishai (3); \[were\].Abshai (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Abishai [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/52/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/52/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (my father is Jesse; LagBN 75 thinks from אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + ישׁי cf. 𝔊 Ἀβεσσα\[ι\] 1 S 26:6)—א׳ 1 S 26:6(×2) + 17 times 1 \& 2 S = אַבְשַׁי 2 S 10:10 + 5 times 1 Ch.—grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah \& brother of Joab 1 S 26:6(×2), 7, 8, 9 2 S 2:18, 24 + 20:6 (where read יואב 𝔖 Th We Dr) + 12 times 2 S + 20:7 (where insert אבישׁי 𝔊 We Dr) + 5 times 1 Ch.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (2 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 «אֲבִישַׁי» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1488/52/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[1 Chronicles 18:12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.18.12/)

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וְאַבְשַׁ֣י בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֗ה הִכָּ֤ה אֶת־אֱדוֹם֙ בְּגֵ֣יא הַמֶּ֔לַח גֵ֣יא הַמֶּ֔לַח שְׁמוֹנָ֥ה עָשָׂ֖ר אָֽלֶף׃

*Word for word:* and Abishai the.son of.Zeruiah he.struck.down (et) Edom in the.Valley of.Salt eight- teen thousand

*JPS 1917:* Moreover Abishai the son of Zeruiah smote of the Edomites in the Valley of Salt eighteen thousand.

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[1 Chronicles 2:16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.2.16/)

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וְאַחְיוֹתֵיהֶ֖ם צְרוּיָ֣ה וַאֲבִיגָ֑יִל וּבְנֵ֣י צְרוּיָ֗ה אַבְשַׁ֛י וְיוֹאָ֥ב וַעֲשָׂה־אֵ֖לעֲשָׂה־אֵ֖ל שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃

*Word for word:* and sisters their \[were\].Zeruiah and Abigail and the.sons of.Zeruiah \[were\].Abshai and Joab and Asahel Asahel three

*JPS 1917:* And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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