English Explanatory Dictionary

Abishag

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The illegitimate child of an unmarried woman and a married man.

Word forms

Abishag Abishags

Etymology

From Hebrew אבישג (“Avishag”, literally “Father of error” or “the Father wanders”), from אבי (avi, “father of; my father”) and שגג (shagag, “to go astray; to err; to sin”).

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