Lexical Definition

‎אֲבִישׁוּעַ‎ ʼĂbîyshûwaʻ (ab-ee-shoo'-ah) Abishua ^N:N-M-P
from ‎אָב‎ and ‎שׁוֹעַ‎; father of plenty (i.e. prosperous)

Abishua.

• § Abishua = "my father is rescue (safety), or is opulence"
• Abishua, the name of two Israelites

1) son of Phinehas, grandson of Aaron

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אֲבִישׁוּעַ‎ proper name, masculine (my father is rescue, or is opulence (compare ‎שׁוֺעַ‎ rich Job 34:19 also ‎שׁוּעַ‎ Job 36:19 ? but see ‎שׁוע‎); Lag^{BN 75} thinks from ‎אֲבֶן‎ (= ‎בֶּן‎) + ‎שׁוע‎ compare ᵐ5 Ἀβεσσουε 1Chr 8:4)

1. a son of Phinehas 1Chr 5:30*; 1Chr 5:31*; 1Chr 6:35*; Ezra 7:5.

2. a Benjamite, son of Bela 1Chr 8:4.

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