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Abishur
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
The great-grandson of Jerahmeel and Atarah; a descendant of Judah. Husband of Abihail (1 Chr 2:28–29).
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Abishur, Son of Shammai
Abishur, Son of Shammai (אֲבִישׁוּר‎, avishur). The great-grandson of Jerahmeel and Atarah; a descendant of Judah. Husband of Abihail (1 Chr 2:28–29).
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Abishur (Person)
ABISHUR (PERSON) [Heb ʾăbı̂šûr (אֲבִישׁוּר)]. One of two sons of the Judahite Shammai, a descendant of Hezron (1 Chr 2:28–29). Abishur, his wife Abihail, and his two sons appear in an unparalleled list of Jerahmeel’s descendants (1 Chr 2:25–33) contained within the Chronicler’s larger genealogy of
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Abishur
Abishur. Shammai’s son and the father of Ahban and Molid from Judah’s tribe. Abishur’s wife was Abihail (1 Chr 2:28, 29).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Abishur
Abishur: e-bīʹshûr, ə-bīʹshər [Heb. ’aḇîšûr—‘my father is a wall’]. A great-grandson of Jerahmeel and Atarah, Jerahmeel being a great-grandson of Judah. Abishur was the son of Shammai and the husband of Abihail, and the father of two sons (1 Ch. 2:28f).
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Abishur
ABISHUR Shammai’s son and the father of Ahban and Molid from Judah’s tribe. Abishur’s wife was Abihail (1 Chr 2:28–29).
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Abishur
ABISHUR. A man of Judah, the second son of Shammai, listed in the genealogy of Jerahmeel. He was the husband of Abihail (1 Chr 2:28–29).
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Abishur
Abishur (Heb. ʾăḇɩ̂šûr)A Judahite of the family of Hezron; a son of Shammai and brother of Nadab. He married Abihail and became the father of two sons (1 Chr. 2:28–29).
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Abishur
Abishur [ə bīˊshər] (Heb. ˒aḇîšûr “my father is a wall”). A Judahite of the family of Hezron; a son of Shammai and brother of Nadab. He married Abihail and became the father of two sons (1 Chr. 2:28–29).
The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary
Abishur
AB´ISHUR (abʹi-shūr; “my father is a wall,” i.e., “stronghold,” or perhaps “mason”). The second son of Shammai, of the tribe of Judah. He was the husband of Abihail, and father of two sons, Ahban and Molid (1 Chron. 2:28–29).
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Abishur
Abishur—father of the wall; i.e., “mason”, one of the two sons of Shammai of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:28, 29).
Nelson’s New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Abishur
ABISHUR [ah BY shur] (my father is a wall) — the second son of Shammai, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 2:28–29).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ABISHUR
ABISHUR<a-bi’-shur> ( אֲבִישׁוּר‎ [’abhishur], “my father is a wall”): Great-grandson of Jerahmeel and Atarah, Jerahmeel being great-grandson of Judah. Abishur was son of Shammai, and was the husband of Abihail, and the father of sons (1 Chronicles 2:28, 29).
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