Bible Strands
Abishua
the name means father of plenty (i.e. prosperous) Strong's Lexicon
Abishua was the son of Phinehas and grandson of Eleazar, who served as high priests in the line of Aaron.
From Easton's Bible Dictionary
Father of welfare; i.e., "fortunate." (1.) The grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4).
Easton's Illustrated Bible Dictionary, 1897 — public domain, quoted in full and unedited.
Family
Parents
Phinehas
Children
Bukki
From STEPBible's TIPNR genealogy data. A relationship the data marks uncertain is not shown here.
First named at 1 Chronicles 6:4.
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Verses that name Abishua
- 1 Chronicles 6:4 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, Phinehas was the father of Abishua,
- 1 Chronicles 6:5 Abishua was the father of Bukki, Bukki was the father of Uzzi,
- 1 Chronicles 6:50 These were the descendants of Aaron: Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,
- Ezra 7:5 the son of Abishua, the son of Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the chief priest—