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How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H51
a.vi.shur — Abishur
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.28; son of: Shammai (H8060); brother of: Nadab (H5070I); married to Abihail (H0032H); father of: Ahban (H0257) and Molid (H4140) § Abishur = "my father is a wall" son of Shammai, descendant of Judah
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Father of the wall; i.e., “mason”, one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:28, 29).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
Read the quoted verses in their chapters to evaluate the historical dictionary references.
And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.
And the name of the wife of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
