Meaning
Hushai (hasting) an Archite i.e. possibly an inhabitant of a place called Erec. (2Samuel 15:32) ff.; (2Samuel 16:16) ff. He is called the "friend" of David. (2Samuel 15:37) comp. 1Chr 27:33 To him David confided the delicate and dangerous part of a pretended adherence to the cause of Absalom. (B.C. about 1023.) He was probably the father of Baana. (1Kings 4:16)