Absalom

[ ab-suh-luh m ]

/ ˈæb sə ləm /

noun

the third and favorite son of David, who rebelled against his father and was slain by Joab. II Sam. 13–18.

a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “father of peace.”

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Examples from the Web for absalom

By this means David took away all the grace of the transaction, and irritated Absalom.
The Expositor's Bible: The Second Book of Samuel|W. G. Blaikie
He is now best known from Dryden's masterly portrait of him in the "Absalom and Achitophel."
The Town|Leigh Hunt
Absalom would do the people justice better than his father David, if he were king.
A Christian Directory (Volume 1 of 4)|Richard Baxter
If he writes a political pamphlet he calls it "Absalom and Ahithophel."
The Greatest English Classic|Cleland Boyd McAfee

It is said in the Book of Samuel that Absalom had very fine hair, from which he cut a part every year.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 9 (of 10)|Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)

British Dictionary definitions for absalom

Absalom

/ (ˈæbsələm) /

noun

Old Testament the third son of David, who rebelled against his father and was eventually killed by Joab (II Samuel 15–18)

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Word Origin and History for absalom

Absalom

masc. proper name, King David's son in the Old Testament, often used figuratively for "favorite son," from Hebrew Abhshalom, literally "father is peace," from abh "father" + shalom "peace."