Strong H49אֲבִישַׁג
Abishag
- Transliteration
- 'ăbîyshag
- Pronunciation
- ab-ee-shag'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
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 Kings 1:3So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
- 1 Kings 1:15And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
- 1 Kings 2:17And 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.
- 1 Kings 2:21And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.
- 1 Kings 2:22And 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.