Absalom

Gender: Masculine
Usage: Biblical, Biblical Latin
Scripts אַבְשָׁלוֹם(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning

From the Hebrew name אַבְשָׁלוֹם (‘Avshalom) meaning “my father is peace”, derived from אָב (‘av) meaning “father” and שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning “peace”. In the Old Testament he is a son of King David. He avenged his sister Tamar by arranging the murder of her rapist, their half-brother Amnon. He later led a revolt against his father. While fleeing on the back of a mule he got his head caught in a tree and was killed by Joab.
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