King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H50
Transliteration: Abishua
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-shoo'-ah)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "my father is rescue", two Israelites
Meaning: Abishua -- "my father is rescue", two Israelites
Word Summary
Abishua: "my father is rescue", two Israelites
Original Word: אֲבִישׁוּעַTransliteration: Abishua
Phonetic Spelling: (ab-ee-shoo'-ah)
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "my father is rescue", two Israelites
Meaning: Abishua -- "my father is rescue", two Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Abishua From 'ab and showa'; father of plenty (i.e. Prosperous); Abishua, the name of two Israelites -- Abishua.
see HEBREW 'ab
see HEBREW showa'
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H50. Abishua
אֲבִישׁוּעַ proper name, masculine (my father is rescue, or is opulence (compare שׁוֺעַ rich Job 34:19; also שׁוּעַ 36:19 ? but see שׁוע); LagBN 75 thinks from אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + שׁוע compare ᵐ5 Ἀβεσσουε 1 Chronicles 8:4)
1 a son of Phinehas 1 Chronicles 5:30; 1 Chronicles 5:31; 1 Chronicles 6:35; Ezra 7:5.
2 a Benjamite, son of Bela 1 Chronicles 8:4.