Abishag
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Abishag
From Late Latin Abisag, from Greek Abiság, from Hebrew Abhīsheg “My father strays”
Example Sentences
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Aging beauty Abishag is the subject, whose story shows that while beauty and fame in Hollywood are fleeting, as with Kate and Tully, friendship sustains.
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022
A Robert Frost fan, Heigl named her production company "Abishag" after a lesser-known Frost character in the poem "Provide, Provide."
From Salon • Dec. 14, 2022
Abishag presents the contrast between the dawning and the fading life; David Singing Before Saul shows the impatience of awakening ambition, and Joshua is the man who forces even God to do his will.
From Poems by Rilke, Rainer Maria
So they sought for a fair damsel throughout all the coasts of Israel, and found Abishag the Shunammite, and brought her to the king.
From Primitive Love and Love-Stories by Finck, Henry Theophilus
The girl asks: 'Who is Abishag?' because she is ignorant like you two, who do not know Abishag, my first love.
From The Saint by Thayer, William Roscoe
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