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Absalom (English pronunciation , ; Biblical Greek ) is a masculine given name from the Old Testament, where Absalom is a son of King David. The variant (or "fuller form") is given as the name of the father-in-law of Rehoboam in 1 Kings (15:2,10).〔but in 2 Chronicles 11:20,21, the same person is referred to by the shorter form ''Avshalom''. See Strong's Concordance (H53 ).〕 Absalon was a 12th-century Danish archbishop and statesman from whose name the modern Scandinavian given name ''Axel'' has developed (via ''Axelen''). The variant ''Absolon'' is a German surname. The name was also given in medieval England (variants ''Absolon, Apsolon, Abselon''). As in the biblical story, the fleeing Absalom has his long hair caught in a tree, the name appears to have been given as a nickname for a man with long or thick hair, as suggested by a passage in the ''Canterbury Tales'', :''Now was ther of that Chirche a parish clerk, The which that was ycleped Absolon ... Curl was his heer and as the gold it shoon'' (''The Miller's Tale''). This use as a nickname is possibly also the origin of Absalom as an English surname.〔via a patronymic; one ''Absolon filius Apsolon'' is recorded in the ''Feet of Fines'' for Cambridgeshire in 1199, one ''Stephen Abselon'' is mentioned in the ''Curia Regis Rolls'' of Oxfordshire in 1208, and one ''Thomas Absolom'' is mentioned in the Calendar of Letter Books for the City of London in 1281. (Name Origin Research www.surnamedb.com )〕 The name Absalom continued to be given in Anglo-Saxon protestantism in the 18th and 19th centuries. The Hebrew name was given among Palestinian Jews in the 19th to early 20th century and remains current in Israel; it is mostly anglicized as ''Avshalom'', reflecting Modern Hebrew pronunciation. ==Given name== ;Absolon *Absolon Stumme (d.1499), German painter ;Absalom * Absalom Tatom (1742–1802), American politician * Absalom Jones (1746–1818), African American abolitionist and clergyman * Absalom Watkin (1787–1861), English political reformer * Absalom Shade (c. 1793–1862), Canadian businessman and politician * Absalom Harris Chappell (1801–1878), American politician and lawyer * Absalom Baird (1824–1905), Union Army general in the American Civil War * Absalom Shade Allan (1843–after 1901), Canadian merchant and politician * Absalom Willis Robertson (1887–1971), American politician ;Avshalom * Avshalom Feinberg (1889–1917), Jewish spy for Britain in World War I * Avshalom Haviv (1926-1947), one of the Olei Hagardom * Avshalom Kor (b. 1950), Israeli linguist * Avshalom Vilan (b. 1951), Israeli politician and economist * Avshalom Elitzur (b. 1957), Israeli physicist and philosopher 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Absalom (name)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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