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Meaning, origin and etymology of the name Absalom
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Aaron Abarim Abed-nego Abel Abida Abigail Abimael Abinadab Abishai Abraham Abram Absalom Accad Adah Adam Admah Almodad Amalek(ite) Amasa Amminadab Amorite Amos Amram Anak (Anakim) Anamim Anem Aram Aramean Ararat Ari (Arie, Arieh) Ariel Arkite Arpachshad Arvadite Asahel Asenath Asher/ Asherah Ashkenash Asshur Asshurim Assyria |
Absalom
Absalom is a son of king David. After he rebels against the king, he is killed by David's general Joab (2 Sam 18). |
(ab 4a). Meaning basically father (hence abba, papa, pope), but with applications beyond the contemporary use of father. Many times `ab is used as counsellor or judge (Gen 45:8; 2 Ki 2:12). Abi (with yod) appears frequently in connection with names of places to express the lord of a country, city, village.
(shalom 2401a), peace. The root of this word, 
(shalem 2401), denotes completeness, wholeness and soundness.
