Hebrew word · H51

אֲבִישׁוּר

'avishur

Abishur

A compound name: 'avi ('my father') plus shur. Shur is most often read as 'wall', giving 'my father is a wall' (a picture of protection). Some read it as the place name Shur, the desert on Egypt's border.

Appears 2 times in 2 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

In depth

From the study of 1 Chronicles 2:28

Range of meaning

A compound name: 'avi ('my father') plus shur. Shur is most often read as 'wall', giving 'my father is a wall' (a picture of protection). Some read it as the place name Shur, the desert on Egypt's border.

Against the English

Simply transliterated in all English versions.

Used elsewhere in the period

Names made with 'avi- plus a predicate are common in Hebrew and related languages (Abiel, Abijah, Abiezer). The 'father' in such names is usually God.

Similar words

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:28 וַאֲבִישֽׁוּר׃ and Abishur

    The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

    Here: Probably 'my father is a wall', meaning protection. The 'father' is likely God, a common way of speaking in names. The list follows his line first, through his wife Abihail (v. 29).

  2. 1 Chronicles 2:29 אֲבִישׁ֖וּר Abishur

    Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

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