Strong's Hebrew: 52. אֲבִישַׁי (Abishay) -- "my father is Jesse," an Israelite name

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Abishay: "my father is Jesse," an Israelite name

Original Word: אֲבִישַׁי
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Transliteration: Abishay
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-shah'ee)
Short Definition: Abishai

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from ab and shay
Definition
"my father is Jesse," an Isr. name
NASB Translation
Abishai (21), Abshai (4).

Brown-Driver-Briggs

אֲבִישַׁי proper name, masculine (my father is Jesse; Lag^{BN 75} thinks from אֲבֶן (= בֶּן + ישׁי compare ᵐ5 Ἀβεσσα[ι] 1 Samuel 26:6) — ׳א 1 Samuel 26:6 (twice in verse) + 17 t. 1 & 2Samuel = אַבְשַׁי 2 Samuel 10:10 5t. 1Chronicles — grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah & brother of Joab 1 Samuel 26:6 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 26:7,8,9; 2 Samuel 2:18; 2 Samuel 2:24 + 2 Samuel 20:6 (where read יואב ᵑ6 Th We Dr) + 12 t. 2Sam + 2 Samuel 20:7 (where insert אבישׁי ᵐ5 We Dr) + 5 t. 1Chron.

Strong's

Abishai

Or (shorter) Abshay {ab-shah'ee}; from 'ab and shay; father of a gift (i.e. Probably generous); Abishai, an Israelite -- Abishai.

see HEBREW 'ab

see HEBREW shay