Abishua

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Son of Phinehasm and fourth high priest, 1 Chronicles 6:50 . He was probably a contemporary of Eglon and Ehud, Judges 3:1-31 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

• The grandson of Benjamin (1Chronicles 8:4).
• The son of Phinehas the high priest (1Chronicles 6:4,5,50; Ezra 7:5 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("father of safety".)

1. Son of Phinehas, fourth high priest ( 1 Chronicles 6:50 ). The Chronicon of Alexandria shows that his pontificate included the period of Ehud's judgeship, and probably of Eglon's oppression. Father of Bukki ( 1 Chronicles 6:4-5  ; 1 Chronicles 6:50-51  ; Ezra 7:4-5 ). Josephus (Ant. 8:1, 3) says he was succeeded in the priesthood by Eli; his descendants, until Zadok, falling to the rank of private persons.

2. Son of Bela of Benjamin: 1 Chronicles 8:4 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 6:4 2 1 Chronicles 8:4 1 Chronicles 7:7

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

ABISHUA . 1 . Son of Phinehas and father of Bukki ( 1 Chronicles 6:4 f., 1 Chronicles 6:50 , Ezra 7:5 ); called in Esther 8:2 Esther 8:2 Abisue , and in 2E Esther 1:2 Abissei . 2 . A Benjamite ( 1 Chronicles 8:4  ; cf. Numbers 26:38 ff.).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Phinehas (son of Eleazar), and father of Bukki. 1 Chronicles 6:4,5,50  ; Ezra 7:5 . Josephus says that Abishua was high priest after Phinehas. Ant. viii. 1,3.

2. Son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 8:1,4 .

People's Dictionary of the Bible

Abishua ( abĭsh'û-ah or ăb'i-sh û'ah ), father of welfare. 1. The son of Phineas, the high priest. 1 Chronicles 6:4-5  ; 1 Chronicles 6:60  ; Ezra 7:5 . 2. The son of Bela. 1 Chronicles 8:4 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Abishu'a or Abish'u-a. (father of deliverance).

1. Son of Bela, of the tribe of Benjamin. 1 Chronicles 8:4 .

2. Son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, and father of Bukki, in the genealogy of the high priests. 1 Chronicles 6:4-5  ; 1 Chronicles 6:50-51  ; Ezra 7:4-5 .

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

a -bish´ū̇ -a , abi -shoo´a ( אבישׁוּע , 'ăbhı̄shūa‛ , uncertain, perhaps "father of wealth," or "my father is wealth"):

(1) A son of Bela the son of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 8:4 ).

(2) The son of Phinehas, who was grandson to Aaron ( 1 Chronicles 6:4 , 1 Chronicles 6:5 , 1 Chronicles 6:50  ; Ezra 7:5 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Abishu´a (father of safety), the son of Phinehas, and fourth high-priest of the Jews ( 1 Chronicles 6:50 ). The commencement and duration of his pontificate are uncertain, but the latter is inferred, from circumstances, to have included the period in which Ehud was judge, and probably the preceding period of servitude to Eglon of Moab. He is called Abiezer by Josephus (Antiq. v. 11, 5).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Abishu'a, אֲבַישׁוּעִ , father of welfare, i.e. fortunate; Sept. Ἀβισού or Ἀβισοῦ , but in 1 Chronicles 8:4 [v. r. Ἀβεσσουέ ] and Ezra 7:5 , Ἀβισουέ ), the name of two men.

1. A son of Bela, and grandson of Benjamin ( 1 Chronicles 8:4 ); possibly the same as JERIMOTH (See Jerimoth) ( 1 Chronicles 7:7 ). B.C. post 1856. (See Jacob).

2. The son of Phinehas (grandson of Aaron) and father of Bukki, being the fourth high-priest of the Hebrews ( 1 Chronicles 6:4-5  ; 1 Chronicles 6:50  ; Ezra 7:5 ). Josephus calls him Abiezer ( Ἀβιεζέρης , Ant. 5. 11, 4), but elsewhere Josephus ( Ι᾿ώσηπις , Ant. 8:1, 3, ed. Havercamp). He appears from the Chronicon of Alexandria to have been nearly contemporary with Ehud, B.C. cir. 1523-1466. (See High-Priest).