Abishur

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Smith's Bible Dictionary by William Smith (1863)

Ab’ishur. (father of the wall). Son of Shammai. 1Ch 2:28.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary by Andrew Robert Fausset (1878) ↑

1Ch 2:28.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature by John McClintock & James Strong (1880) ↑

(Heb. Abishur’, אֲבַישׁוּר, father of the wall, i.e. perhaps mason; Sept.

’Αβισούο), the second named of the two sons of Shammai, of the tribe of Judah, who married Abihail, by whom he had two sons (1Ch 2:28-29), B.C. considerably post 1612.

New and Concise Bible Dictionary by George Morrish (1899) ↑

[Ab’ishur]

One of the sons of Shammai. 1Ch 2:28-29.

Jewish Encyclopedia by Isidore Singer (ed.) (1906) ↑

("Father is a Wall"):

A Jerahmeelite, son of Shammai (I Chron. ii. 28, 29).

Dictionary of the Bible by James Hastings (1909) ↑

ABISHUR (‘father is a wall’).—A Jerahmeelite (1Ch 2:28 f.).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia by James Orr (ed.) (1915) ↑

a-bı̄´shur (אבישׁוּר, ’ăbhı̄shūr, “my father is a wall”): Great-grandson of Jerahmeel and Atarah, Jerahmeel being great-grandson of Judah. Abishur was son of Shammai, and was the husband of Abihail, and the father of sons (1Ch 2:28, 1Ch 2:29).