אִישׁ

ishman
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine1,684 occurrences38 books1,449 verses
This word comes from the name of Tob.

Definition

contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Traditional renderings: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.

Glossary entries

Tob Ishtob

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

1,684 total
  1. Genesis 2:23מֵאִ֖ישׁ · out of man
    And the man said: “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for out of man she was taken.”
  2. Genesis 2:24אִ֔ישׁ · a man
    For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh.
  3. Genesis 3:6לְאִישָׁ֛הּ · to her husband
    When the woman saw that the tree was good for food and pleasing to the eyes, and that it was desirable for obtaining wisdom, she took the fruit and ate it. She also gave some to her husband who was with her, and he ate it.
  4. Genesis 3:16אִישֵׁךְ֙ · your husband
    To the woman He said: “I will sharply increase your pain in childbirth; in pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you.”
  5. Genesis 4:1אִ֖ישׁ · a man
    And Adam had relations with his wife Eve, and she conceived and gave birth to Cain. “With the help of the LORD I have brought forth a man,” she said.
  6. Genesis 4:23אִ֤ישׁ · I
    Then Lamech said to his wives: “Adah and Zillah, hear my voice; wives of Lamech, listen to my speech. For I have slain a man for wounding me, a young man for striking me.
  7. Genesis 6:9אִ֥ישׁ
    This is the account of Noah. Noah was a righteous man, blameless in his generation; Noah walked with God.
  8. Genesis 7:2 (2×)אִ֣ישׁ · a male; אִ֥ישׁ · a male
    You are to take with you seven pairs of every kind of clean animal, a male and its mate; a pair of every kind of unclean animal, a male and its mate;
  9. Genesis 9:5אִ֣ישׁ · of his fellow man
    And surely I will require the life of any man or beast by whose hand your lifeblood is shed. I will demand an accounting from anyone who takes the life of his fellow man:
  10. Genesis 9:20אִ֣ישׁ · a man
    Now Noah, a man of the soil, proceeded to plant a vineyard.
  11. Genesis 10:5אִ֖ישׁ
    From these, the maritime peoples separated into their territories, according to their languages, by clans within their nations.
  12. Genesis 11:3אִ֣ישׁ · one
    And they said to one another, “Come, let us make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” So they used brick instead of stone, and tar instead of mortar.
  13. Genesis 11:7אִ֖ישׁ · one
    Come, let Us go down and confuse their language, so that they will not understand one another’s speech.”
  14. Genesis 13:11אִ֖ישׁ
    So Lot chose the whole plain of the Jordan for himself and set out toward the east. And Abram and Lot parted company.
  15. Genesis 13:16אִ֗ישׁ · one
    I will make your offspring like the dust of the earth, so that if one could count the dust of the earth, then your offspring could be counted.
  16. Genesis 15:10אִישׁ־ · each
    So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
  17. Genesis 16:3אִישָׁ֖הּ
    So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.
  18. Genesis 19:8אִ֔ישׁ · a man
    Look, I have two daughters who have never slept with a man. Let me bring them to you, and you can do to them as you please. But do not do anything to these men, for they have come under the protection of my roof.”
  19. Genesis 19:9בָאִ֤ישׁ
    “Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
  20. Genesis 19:31וְאִ֨ישׁ · man
    One day the older daughter said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us, as is the custom over all the earth.
  21. Genesis 20:7הָאִישׁ֙ · the man’s
    Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
  22. Genesis 23:6אִ֣ישׁ
    “Listen to us, sir. You are God’s chosen one among us. Bury your dead in the finest of our tombs. None of us will withhold his tomb for burying your dead.”
  23. Genesis 24:16וְאִ֖ישׁ · with any man
    Now the girl was very beautiful, a virgin who had not had relations with any man. She went down to the spring, filled her jar, and came up again.
  24. Genesis 24:21וְהָאִ֥ישׁ · Meanwhile, the man
    Meanwhile, the man watched her silently to see whether or not the LORD had made his journey a success.
  25. Genesis 24:22הָאִישׁ֙ · [he]
    And after the camels had finished drinking, he took out a gold ring weighing a beka, and two gold bracelets for her wrists weighing ten shekels.
  26. Genesis 24:26הָאִ֔ישׁ · Then the man
    Then the man bowed down and worshiped the LORD,
  27. Genesis 24:29הָאִ֛ישׁ · the man
    Now Rebekah had a brother named Laban, and he rushed out to the man at the spring.
  28. Genesis 24:30 (2×)הָאִ֑ישׁ · The man; הָאִ֔ישׁ · the man
    As soon as he saw the ring, and the bracelets on his sister’s wrists, and heard Rebekah’s words, “The man said this to me,” he went and found the man standing by the camels near the spring.
  29. Genesis 24:32הָאִישׁ֙ · So the man
    So the man came to the house, and the camels were unloaded. Straw and feed were brought to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of his companions.
  30. Genesis 24:58הָאִ֣ישׁ · man
    They called Rebekah and asked her, “Will you go with this man?” “I will go,” she replied.
  31. Genesis 24:61הָאִ֑ישׁ · the man
    Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
  32. Genesis 24:65הָאִ֤ישׁ · man
    …and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
  33. Genesis 25:27 (3×)אִ֛ישׁ · a man; אִ֣ישׁ · man; אִ֣ישׁ
    When the boys grew up, Esau became a skillful hunter, a man of the field, while Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
  34. Genesis 26:11בָּאִ֥ישׁ · man
    So Abimelech warned all the people, saying, “Whoever harms this man or his wife will surely be put to death.”
  35. Genesis 26:13הָאִ֑ישׁ · and [he]
    …and he became richer and richer, until he was exceedingly wealthy.
  36. Genesis 26:31אִ֣ישׁ · to each
    And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
  37. Genesis 27:11 (2×)אִ֣ישׁ · man; אִ֥ישׁ
    Jacob answered his mother Rebekah, “Look, my brother Esau is a hairy man, but I am smooth-skinned.
  38. Genesis 29:19לְאִ֣ישׁ
    Laban replied, “Better that I give her to you than to another. Stay here with me.”
  39. Genesis 29:32אִישִֽׁי׃ · my husband
    And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
  40. Genesis 29:34אִישִׁי֙ · my husband
    Once again Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she said, “Now at last my husband will become attached to me, because I have borne him three sons.” So he was named Levi.
  41. Genesis 30:15אִישִׁ֔י · my husband
    But Leah replied, “Is it not enough that you have taken away my husband? Now you want to take my son’s mandrakes as well?” “Very well,” said Rachel, “he may sleep with you tonight in exchange for your son’s mandrakes.”
  42. Genesis 30:18לְאִישִׁ֑י · to my husband
    Then Leah said, “God has rewarded me for giving my maidservant to my husband.” So she named him Issachar.
  43. Genesis 30:20אִישִׁ֔י · my husband
    “God has given me a good gift,” she said. “This time my husband will honor me, because I have borne him six sons.” And she named him Zebulun.
  44. Genesis 30:43הָאִ֖ישׁ · Thus [Jacob]
    Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
  45. Genesis 31:49אִ֥ישׁ
    It was also called Mizpah, because Laban said, “May the LORD keep watch between you and me when we are absent from each other.