ʼĂbîyshag — H49

Definition

feminine proper noun

Abishag, a concubine of David

1. Abishag = "my father is a wanderer"
2. David's beautiful young nurse

Usually translated as

Abishag

Origin

from H1 and H7686; father of error (i.e. blundering)

• Derived from ʼâb (H1)
• Derived from Shâgâh (H7686)

Occurrences

ʼĂbîyshag occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Kings (5)

• 1 Kings 1:3 — So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag (אֲבִישַׁג֙) a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
• 1 Kings 1:15 — And Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag (וַֽאֲבִישַׁג֙) the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
• 1 Kings 2:17 — And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag (אֲבִישַׁ֥ג) the Shunammite to wife.
• 1 Kings 2:21 — And she said, Let Abishag (אֲבִישַׁ֣ג) the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
• 1 Kings 2:22 — And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag (אֲבִישַׁ֤ג) the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.