A name from Scripture
Abishai
uh-BISH-eye
Meaning
Father of a gift; My father is Jesse
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 1 Samuel
What it points to
Abishai — fiercely loyal but sometimes reckless — teaches that courage is most valuable when guided by wisdom. His relationship with David shows that even the bravest warriors need a steadying voice.
Verses · King James Version
“Then said Abishai to David, God hath delivered thine enemy into thine hand this day: now therefore let me smite him, I pray thee, with the spear even to the earth at once, and I will not smite him the second time.”
1 Samuel 26:8
“And Abishai, the brother of Joab, the son of Zeruiah, was chief among three. And he lifted up his spear against three hundred, and slew them.”
2 Samuel 23:18