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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