A name from Scripture
Absalom
AB-sah-lom
Meaning
Father of peace
Hebrew origin · Boy · First in 2 Samuel
What it points to
Absalom warns that outward beauty without inner obedience brings sorrow — the father's grief, peace lost, a name that teaches through its tragedy.
Verses · King James Version
“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 14:25
“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!”
2 Samuel 18:33