chushay · Hushai

What it means

chushay (חוּשַׁי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hushai”.

The Archite, David's companion, who pretended to serve Absalom in order to undo Ahithophel's counsel (2 Samuel 15–17). Baana, Solomon's officer, is called son of Hushai (1 Kings 4:16).

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 2 Samuel×12
• 1 Kings×1
• 1 Chronicles×1

• 2 Samuel 15:32

  When David came to the summit, where he used to bow down there to Elohim, there to meet him came Hushai the Archite, with his tunic torn and earth on his head.

• 2 Samuel 15:37

  So Hushai, David’s companion, came to the city, just as Absalom was coming into Jerusalem.

• 2 Samuel 16:16

  When Hushai the Archite, David’s companion, came to Absalom, Hushai said to Absalom, “Long live the king! Long live the king!”

• 2 Samuel 16:17

  Absalom said to Hushai, “Is this your loyal love to your companion? Why did you not go with your companion?”

• 2 Samuel 16:18

  Hushai said to Absalom, “No; but the one whom YHWH and this people and all the men of Israel have chosen, his I will be, and with him I will stay.

• 2 Samuel 17:5

  Absalom said, “Please call Hushai the Archite too, and let us hear what is in his mouth, his too.”

• 2 Samuel 17:6

  Hushai came to Absalom, and Absalom said to him, saying, “According to this word Ahithophel has spoken. Shall we do his word? If not, you speak.”

• 2 Samuel 17:7

  Hushai said to Absalom, “The counsel that Ahithophel has counseled is not good this time.”

• 2 Samuel 17:8

  And Hushai said, “You know your father and his men, that they are mighty men, and they are bitter of soul, like a bear robbed of her cubs in the field. And your father is a man of war, and he will not spend the night with the people.

• 2 Samuel 17:14

  Absalom and all the men of Israel said, “The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel.” For YHWH had commanded to thwart the good counsel of Ahithophel, so that YHWH might bring the evil on Absalom.

• 2 Samuel 17:15

  Hushai said to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, “Such and such Ahithophel counseled Absalom and the elders of Israel, and such and such I have counseled.

• 1 Kings 4:16

  Baana son of Hushai, in Asher and in Aloth;

• 1 Chronicles 27:33

  Ahithophel was counselor to the king, and Hushai the Archite was the king’s friend.

And 1 more times.