ʼĂbîyshûwaʻ — H50

Definition

masculine proper noun

Abishua, the name of two Israelites

1. Abishua = "my father is rescue (safety), or is opulence"
2. son of Phinehas, grandson of Aaron

Usually translated as

Abishua

Origin

from H1 and H7771; father of plenty (i.e. prosperous)

• Derived from ʼâb (H1)
• Derived from Shôwaʻ (H7771)

Occurrences

ʼĂbîyshûwaʻ occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (4), Ezra (1)

• 1 Chronicles 6:4 — Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua (אֲבִישֽׁוּעַ),
• 1 Chronicles 6:5 — And Abishua (וַאֲבִישׁ֙וּעַ֙) begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi,
• 1 Chronicles 6:50 — And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua (אֲבִישׁ֥וּעַ) his son,
• 1 Chronicles 8:4 — And Abishua (וַאֲבִישׁ֥וּעַ), and Naaman, and Ahoah,
• Ezra 7:5 — The son of Abishua (אֲבִישׁ֗וּעַ), the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest: