Abishag
אֲבִישַׁגStrong’s H0049avishag (a-vi-shag)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Avishag is the Hebrew word usually translated “abishag”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.”
Meaning
- A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.1.3
How it's translated
- abishag 4
- and abishag 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 5
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 1 Kings 1:15And Bathsheba 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.
Hebrew dictionary
אֲבִישַׁג avishag · Abishag
A woman living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.1.3 § Abishag = "my father is a wanderer" David's beautiful young nurse
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.