Abishua

Abishua (Hebrew: אֲבִישׁוּעַ ʾĂḇīšūaʿ, "my father is rescue") was an early High priest of Israel. Abishua is mentioned in the books 1 Chronicles (6:35) and Ezra (7:5) as the son of the High Priest Phinehas, son of Eleazar. As such, he is the great-grandson of Aaron, the brother of Moses and first High Priest. It is likely that Abishua was a contemporary of the Israelite judge Ehud and the Moabite king Eglon.[1]

A 1493 depiction of Abishua from the Nuremberg Chronicles by Hartmann Schedel

According to Josephus and other extrabiblical sources, he succeeded his father as High Priest.[2]

Name and namesakes
  • The meaning of the name "Abishua" is uncertain, but may be "the (divine) father is opulence."[3]
  • The name also appears in reference to a grandson of Benjamin in 1 Chronicles 8:4.
Patrilineal descent
  1. Abraham
  2. Isaac
  3. Jacob
  4. Levi
  5. Kehath
  6. Amram
  7. Aaron
  8. Eleazar
  9. Phinehas

References
  1. "Topical Bible: Abishua". biblehub.com.
  2. "Adam to Angell - Genealogy.com". www.genealogy.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12.
  3. Cheyne and Black (1899), Encyclopaedia Biblica, entry for "Abishua."
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