Senses
1. Abishai (proper name) — Abishai (אֲבִישַׁי, 'my father is a gift' or 'father of Jesse'), the son of Zeruiah and brother of Joab and Asahel, one of David's mighty warriors. All three clusters represent the same proper noun with minor grammatical variation: S79652 (10x) and S79653 (7x) are both bare nominative proper noun forms differing only in transliteration style (Abishai vs Avishai), while S79654 (8x) has the conjunctive waw prefix ('and Abishai'). Multilingual evidence is entirely uniform: English 'Abishai/Avishai', Spanish 'Abisai/Avishai', Hindi अबीशै/अब्शई, Arabic أَبْشَايَ/أَبيشايَ/أَبِيشَايُ, Korean 아비새/아비샤이, Swahili Abishai. The variation between S79652 and S79653 is purely orthographic/transliterational, not semantic. All 25 occurrences refer to the same individual across 1-2 Samuel and 1 Chronicles. 25×
AR["أبيشايَ","أبيشايُ","أَبيشاي","أَبيشايَ","أَبيشايُ","أَبِيشَايَ","أَبِيشَايُ","وَأبيشايُ","وَأَبِيشَايُ"]·ben["অবীশনণ","অবীশনয়ের","অবীশয়","অবীশয়কে","অবীশয়ের","আর-অবীশয়","এবং-অবীশয়"]·DE["Abishai","Avishai","und-Abishai","und-Avishai"]·EN["Abishai","Avishai","and-Abishai","and-Avishai"]·FR["Abischaï","Avishai","et-Abischaï","et-Avishai"]·heb["אבישי","אבשי","ו-אבישי"]·HI["अबीशै","अबीशै-के","अबीशै-ने","अबीशै-से","अबीशैने","और-अबीशै","और-अबीशै-ने"]·ID["Abisai","dan-Abisai"]·IT["Abisai","Avishai","e-Abisai","e-Avishai"]·jav["Abisai","Lan-Abisai","lan-Abisai"]·KO["그리고-아비새","그리고-아비새가","그리고-아비샤이가","그리고-아비샬와","그리고-아비샬이","아비새","아비새가","아비샤이","아비샤이가","아비샤이에게","아비샤이와","아비샤이의"]·PT["'Avishai","Avishai","E-Avishai","e-'Avishai","e-Avishai"]·RU["-Авишаю","Авесса","Авессе","Авессы","Авишай","Авишаю","Авшая","и-Авесса","и-Авишай"]·ES["Abisai","Abishai","Avishai","Y-Avishai","y-Abisai","y-Avishai"]·SW["Abishai","na-Abishai"]·TR["Avişay","Avişay'a","Avişay'nın","Avşay'in","ve-Avişay"]·urd["ابیشائی","ابیشائی-نے","ابیشائی-کے","ابیشی","ابیشی-نے","اور-ابیشائی","اور-ابیشی"]
1 Sam 26:6, 1 Sam 26:6, 1 Sam 26:7, 1 Sam 26:8, 1 Sam 26:9, 2 Sam 2:18, 2 Sam 2:24, 2 Sam 3:30, 2 Sam 10:10, 2 Sam 10:14, 2 Sam 16:9, 2 Sam 16:11 (+13 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
אֲבִישַׁי n.pr.m. (my father is Jesse; LagBN 75 thinks from אֲבֶן (= בֶּן) + ישׁי cf. 𝔊 Ἀβεσσα[ι] 1 S 26:6)—א׳ 1 S 26:6(×2) + 17 times 1 & 2 S = אַבְשַׁי 2 S 10:10 + 5 times 1 Ch.—grandson of Jesse; son of Zeruiah & brother of Joab 1 S 26:6(×2), 7, 8, 9 2 S 2:18, 24 + 20:6 (where read יואב 𝔖 Th We Dr) + 12 times 2 S + 20:7 (where insert אבישׁי 𝔊 We Dr) + 5 times 1 Ch.