Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the Bible, a son of David who staged a revolt against his father's kingship and was killed in the ensuing battle.
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- proper noun biblical The third
son ofDavid , king ofIsrael . - proper noun rare A male
given name .
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Examples
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And the tragedies in Absalom, Absalom will always be with us.
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Absalom received the sacred name and died as a surrogate for the incumbent king, David, whose mourning for him was really a liturgical formula. he called Absalom "my son, my son," and cried "Would God I had died for thee" to disguise the fact that the victim really had died in his place.
Archive 2008-03-01 Jan 2008
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Donner (pp. 753-54) points out that Thomas Sternhold's translations of the Psalms had been satirized by Dryden in Absalom and
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And he called Absalom, and he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king; and the king kissed Absalom.
The Holy Bible: Darby Translation Anonymous 1867
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Absalom is uncertain: some think by Absalom, because he calls himself
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon) 1721
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After this brief high school-level curriculum he can go back to what the fucking crackaz have to say in Absalom, Absalom!,
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And I love the name Absalom for some unknown reason, and that does make two votes for that particular book ….
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The young man Andrew had called Absalom had already selected the best one for the task and was holding it out.
City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007
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The young man Andrew had called Absalom had already selected the best one for the task and was holding it out.
City of Glory Beverly Swerling 2007
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Here is the pillar called Absalom's Hand, and the sepulchre of King
The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela Benjamin of Tudela
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