אֲבִישַׁיʼĂbîyshay

Same root

• אָבʼâb · H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
• שַׁיshay · H7862a gift (as available)

Where it appears

Appears 25 times in the Bible.

• 1 Samuel 26:6 “Who will volunteer to go in there with me?” David asked Ahimelech the Hittite and Abishai son of Zeruiah, Joab’s brother. “I’ll go with you,” Abishai replied.
• 1 Samuel 26:7 So David and Abishai went right into Saul’s camp and found him asleep, with his spear stuck in the ground beside his head. Abner and the soldiers were lying asleep around him.
• 1 Samuel 26:8 “God has surely handed your enemy over to you this time!” Abishai whispered to David. “Let me pin him to the ground with one thrust of the spear; I won’t need to strike twice!”
• 1 Samuel 26:9 “No!” David said. “Don’t kill him. For who can remain innocent after attacking the Lord’s anointed one?
• 2 Samuel 2:18 Joab, Abishai, and Asahel—the three sons of Zeruiah—were among David’s forces that day. Asahel could run like a gazelle,
• 2 Samuel 2:24 When Joab and Abishai found out what had happened, they set out after Abner. The sun was just going down as they arrived at the hill of Ammah near Giah, along the road to the wilderness of Gibeon.