אֲבִישָׁלוֹםʼĂbîyshâlôwm

Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite

Pronunciation: ab-ee-shaw-lome' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H53

Meanings

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 111 times in the Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 3:3 The second was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail, the widow of Nabal from Carmel. The third was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur.
  • 2 Samuel 13:1 Now David’s son Absalom had a beautiful sister named Tamar. And Amnon, her half brother, fell desperately in love with her.
  • 2 Samuel 13:4 One day Jonadab said to Amnon, “What’s the trouble? Why should the son of a king look so dejected morning after morning?” So Amnon told him, “I am in love with Tamar, my brother Absalom’s sister.”
  • 2 Samuel 13:20 Her brother Absalom saw her and asked, “Is it true that Amnon has been with you? Well, my sister, keep quiet for now, since he’s your brother. Don’t you worry about it.” So Tamar lived as a desolate woman in her brother Absalom’s house.
  • 2 Samuel 13:22 And though Absalom never spoke to Amnon about this, he hated Amnon deeply because of what he had done to his sister.
  • 2 Samuel 13:23 Two years later, when Absalom’s sheep were being sheared at Baal-hazor near Ephraim, Absalom invited all the king’s sons to come to a feast.
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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).