1. Hushai (proper noun, personal name) — The personal name Hushai, referring to Hushai the Archite, David's counselor and friend who played a key role in undermining Absalom's rebellion (2 Sam 15-17), and whose son Baana served as one of Solomon's officials (1 Kgs 4:16). All three clusters are grammatical variants of the same proper noun: bare nominative 'Hushai' (arb: حوشاي, kor: 후새가, swa: Hushai), a minor spelling variant (arb: حُوشَايَ, kor: 후샤이), and conjunction-prefixed 'and-Hushai' (spa: y-Husai, hin: और-हूशै, swa: na-Hushai). No semantic difference exists across these inflectional forms; they all denote the same individual. 14×
AR["حوشاي","حوشايَ","حوشايُ","حوشايُ-","حُوشَايَ","لِ-حوشاي","وَ-حُوشَايُ"]·ben["আর-হূশয়","হূশয়","হূশয়কে","হূশয়ের","হূশায়","হূশায়ের","হূশৈর"]·DE["Huschai","[וחושי]","zu-Huschai"]·EN["Chushai","Hushai","and-Chushai","to-Chushai"]·FR["Huschaï","[וחושי]","à-Huschaï"]·heb["ו-חושי","חושי","ל-חושי"]·HI["और-हूशै","खूशै","हूशै","हूशै-को","हूशै-ने"]·ID["Husai","dan-Husai","untuk-Husai"]·IT["Chushai","Husai","[וחושי]","a-Chushai"]·jav["Husai","dhateng-Husai","lan-Husai"]·KO["그리고-후샤이","에게-후새","후새가","후새에게","후새의","후샤이의"]·PT["Chushai","Hushai","a-Chushai","e-Chushai"]·RU["-Хушаю","Хусий","Хусия","Хушай","Хушая","и-Хушай"]·ES["Jusai","Jushai","a-Jusai","y-Husai"]·SW["Hushai","na-Hushai"]·TR["Huşay","Huşay'a","Huşay'nın","Huşay'ın","ve-Huşay"]·urd["اور-حوسی","حوسی-کا","حوشی","حوشی-نے","حوشی-کو"]
2 Sam 15:32, 2 Sam 15:37, 2 Sam 16:16, 2 Sam 16:16, 2 Sam 16:17, 2 Sam 16:18, 2 Sam 17:5, 2 Sam 17:6, 2 Sam 17:7, 2 Sam 17:8, 2 Sam 17:14, 2 Sam 17:15 (+2 more)
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† חוּשַׁי n.pr.m. 1. ח׳ הָאַרְכִּי 2 S 15:32 so 17:5, 14, called רֵעֶה דוד 15:37 friend of David, so 16:16 a; cf. 16:16b, 17, 18 1 Ch 27:33; also 1 S 17:6, 7, 8, 15 2. 1 K 4:16 father of one of Solomon’s officers.