Lexical 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. |