Bible Names

Abishag: meaning of the name

Abishag means “ignorance of the father.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)girl name

Abishag in Hebrew and Greek

אֲבִישַׁג H49

ʼĂbîyshag (ab-ee-shag') — Abishag, a concubine of David

from H1 (אָב) and H7686 (שָׁגָה); father of error (i.e. blundering);

Who named Abishag in the Bible

Abishag in Scripture

“Abishag” appears in 5 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Kings 1:3

    So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag a Shunammite, and brought her to the king.

  • 1 Kings 1:15

    And Bath–sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.

  • 1 Kings 2:17

    And he said, Speak, I pray thee, unto Solomon the king, (for he will not say thee nay,) that he give me Abishag the Shunammite to wife.

  • 1 Kings 2:21

    And she said, Let Abishag the Shunammite be given to Adonijah thy brother to wife.

  • 1 Kings 2:22

    And king Solomon answered and said unto his mother, And why dost thou ask Abishag the Shunammite for Adonijah? ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.