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    Absalom

    AB-sah-lom

    Hebrew
    Boy
    In the King James Bible
    Meaning
    Father of peace
    Origin
    Hebrew
    Is it in the Bible?
    Yes — Absalom appears in the King James Bible, including 2 Samuel 14:25.
    First appears in
    2 Samuel — The united and divided kingdom
    Peak US usage
    No recorded United States usage in the 1880–2008 records
    Spiritual meaning
    Absalom warns that outward beauty without inner obedience brings sorrow — the father's grief, peace lost, a name that teaches through its tragedy.
    King James verses
    • 2 Samuel 14:25

      "But in all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty: from the sole of his foot even to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him."

    • 2 Samuel 18:33

      "And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!"

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