Strong H49אֲבִישַׁג

Abishag

Transliteration
'ăbîyshag
Pronunciation
ab-ee-shag'
Morphology
Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person

Definition

From H1 and H7686; father of error (that {is} blundering);
{Abishag} a concubine of David: - Abishag.

Meaning of the name

Abishag = "my father is a wanderer"

Detailed definition

A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.1.3

In the biblical story

Abishag

Beautiful Shunammite who served King David

Abishag, the beautiful Shunammite who served King David in his old age and was later sought as a wife by Adonijah (1Ki.1.3,15; 2.17,21,22).

In the Bible

Strong H49 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • abishag4
  • let1

First verses

  1. 1 Kings 1:3
    So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
  2. 1 Kings 1:15
    And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
  3. 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 the Shunammite to wife.
  4. 1 Kings 2:21
    And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
  5. 1 Kings 2:22
    And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag 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.
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