BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
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 →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H32
a.vi.ha.yil — Abihail
A man living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Num.3.35; father of: Zuriel (H6700) § Abihail = "my father is might" 1) a Levite in Moses's time 2) a Gadite 3) father of Esther 4) wife of Abishur 5) wife of Rehoboam
6 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8060
sham.may — Shammai
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.28; son of: Onam (H0208H); brother of: Jada (H3047); father of: Nadab (H5070I) and Abishur (H0051) § Shammai = "desolate" 1) a Judaite, son of Onam and descendant of Jerahmeel 2) a Judaite, son of Rekem, father of Maon, and descendant of Jerahmeel's brother, Caleb 3) a Judaite, son of Mered and brother of Miriam and Ishbah
5 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H257
ach.van — Ahban
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.29; son of: Abishur (H0051) and Abihail (H0032H); brother of: Molid (H4140) § Ahban = "brother of an understanding (intelligent) one" son of Abishur of Judah
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4140
mo.lid — Molid
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.2.29; son of: Abishur (H0051) and Abihail (H0032H); brother of: Ahban (H0257) § Molid = "begetter" a man of Judah, son of Abishur by Abihail and a descendant of Jerahmeel
1 tagged verse occurrence · 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.
