אֲבִישַׁגʼĂbîyshag

proper name, feminine: a handmaid of David (1 Kings 1:3; 1 Kings 1:15; 1 Kings 2:17; 1 Kings 2:21; 1 Kings 2:22)

Pronunciation: ab-ee-shag' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H49

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 5 times in the Bible.

  • 1 Kings 1:3 So they searched throughout the land of Israel for a beautiful girl, and they found Abishag from Shunem and brought her to the king.
  • 1 Kings 1:15 So Bathsheba went into the king’s bedroom. (He was very old now, and Abishag was taking care of him.)
  • 1 Kings 2:17 He replied, “Speak to King Solomon on my behalf, for I know he will do anything you request. Ask him to let me marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem.”
  • 1 Kings 2:21 “Then let your brother Adonijah marry Abishag, the girl from Shunem,” she replied.
  • 1 Kings 2:22 “How can you possibly ask me to give Abishag to Adonijah?” King Solomon demanded. “You might as well ask me to give him the kingdom! You know that he is my older brother, and that he has Abiathar the priest and Joab son of Zeruiah on his side.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).