Bible Names

Abishalom: meaning of the name

Abishalom means “father of peace.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Abishalom in Hebrew and Greek

אֲבִישָׁלוֹם H53

ʼĂbîyshâlôwm (ab-ee-shaw-lome') — Abshalom, a son of David; also (the fuller form) a later Israelite

or (shortened) אַבְשָׁלוֹם ; from H1 (אָב) and H7965 (שָׁלוֹם); father of peace (i.e....

Abishalom in Scripture

“Abishalom” appears in 2 verses of the King James Version.

  • 1 Kings 15:2

    Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

  • 1 Kings 15:10

    And forty and one years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.