אֲבִישָׁלוֹם
a.vi.sha.lomAbsalom
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man111 occurrences5 books92 verses
This is the name of Absalom: David's rebellious son who tried to usurp the throne.
Definition
or (shortened) אַבְשָׁלוֹם ; from H1 and H7965; father of peace (i.e. friendly); Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite
Traditional renderings: Abishalom, Absalom.
Traditional renderings: Abishalom, Absalom.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
111 total
- 2 Samuel 19:10וְאַבְשָׁלוֹם֙ · But AbsalomBut Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
- 2 Samuel 20:6אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · AbsalomAnd David said to Abishai, “Now Sheba the son of Bichri will do us more harm than Absalom. Take your lord’s servants and pursue him, or he will find fortified cities and elude us.”
- 1 Kings 1:6אַבְשָׁלֽוֹם׃ · Absalom(His father had never once reprimanded him by saying, “Why do you act this way?” Adonijah was also very handsome, born next after Absalom.)
- 1 Kings 2:7אַבְשָׁל֥וֹם · AbsalomBut show loving devotion to the sons of Barzillai the Gileadite, and let them be among those who eat at your table, because they stood by me when I fled from your brother Absalom.
- 1 Kings 2:28אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם · AbsalomWhen the news reached Joab, who had conspired with Adonijah but not with Absalom, he fled to the tent of the LORD and took hold of the horns of the altar.
- 1 Kings 15:2אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃ · of Abishalom…and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Kings 15:10אֲבִישָׁלֽוֹם׃ · of Abishalom…and he reigned in Jerusalem forty-one years. His grandmother’s name was Maacah daughter of Abishalom.
- 1 Chronicles 3:2לְאַבְשָׁל֣וֹם · [was] Absalom…the third was Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of King Talmai of Geshur; the fourth was Adonijah the son of Haggith;
- 2 Chronicles 11:20אַבְשָׁל֑וֹם · of AbsalomAfter her, he married Maacah daughter of Absalom, and she bore to him Abijah, Attai, Ziza, and Shelomith.
- 2 Chronicles 11:21אַבְשָׁל֗וֹם · of AbsalomRehoboam loved Maacah daughter of Absalom more than all his wives and concubines. In all, he had eighteen wives and sixty concubines, and he was the father of twenty-eight sons and sixty daughters.
- Psalm 3:1אַבְשָׁל֬וֹם · AbsalomA Psalm of David, when he fled from his son Absalom. O LORD, how my foes have increased! How many rise up against me!