אִישׁ
ishmanHow to read Hebrew
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.
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.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אִישׁ:
Glossary entries
Usage patterns
Occurrences
1,684 total
- Deuteronomy 27:14אִ֥ישׁ · IsraeliteThen the Levites shall proclaim in a loud voice to every Israelite:
- Deuteronomy 27:15הָאִ֡ישׁ · the man‘Cursed is the man who makes a carved idol or molten image—an abomination to the LORD, the work of the hands of a craftsman—and sets it up in secret.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- Deuteronomy 28:30וְאִ֤ישׁ · manYou will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
- Deuteronomy 28:54הָאִישׁ֙ · manThe most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
- Deuteronomy 28:56בְּאִ֣ישׁ · the husbandThe most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
- Deuteronomy 29:10אִ֥ישׁ · the menAll of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
- Deuteronomy 29:18אִ֣ישׁ · manMake sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
- Deuteronomy 29:20בָּאִ֣ישׁ · manThe LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
- Deuteronomy 32:25אִ֥ישׁ · manOutside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.
- Deuteronomy 33:1אִ֥ישׁ · the manThis is the blessing that Moses the man of God pronounced upon the Israelites before his death.
- Deuteronomy 33:8לְאִ֣ישׁ · oneConcerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.
- Deuteronomy 34:6אִישׁ֙ · oneAnd He buried him in a valley in the land of Moab facing Beth-peor, and no one to this day knows the location of his grave.
- Joshua 1:5אִישׁ֙ · oneNo one shall stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so will I be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you.
- Joshua 1:18אִ֞ישׁAnyone who rebels against your order and does not obey your words, all that you command him, will be put to death. Above all, be strong and courageous!”
- Joshua 2:11בְּאִ֖ישׁ · and everyone’sWhen we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
- Joshua 3:12אִ֔ישׁ · men; אִישׁ־; אִישׁ־Now choose twelve men from the tribes of Israel, one from each tribe.
- Joshua 4:2אִישׁ־ · men; אִישׁ־“Choose twelve men from among the people, one from each tribe,
- Joshua 4:4אִ֔ישׁ · men; אִישׁ־; אִישׁ־So Joshua summoned the twelve men he had appointed from the Israelites, one from each tribe,
- Joshua 4:5אִ֣ישׁ · Each…and said to them, “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the middle of the Jordan. Each of you is to take a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of Israel,
- Joshua 5:13אִישׁ֙ · a manNow when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in His hand. Joshua approached Him and asked, “Are You for us or for our enemies?”
- Joshua 6:5אִ֥ישׁAnd when there is a long blast of the ram’s horn and you hear its sound, have all the people give a mighty shout. Then the wall of the city will collapse and all your people will charge straight into the city.”
- Joshua 6:20אִ֣ישׁSo when the rams’ horns sounded, the people shouted. When they heard the blast of the horn, the people gave a great shout, and the wall collapsed. Then all the people charged straight into the city and captured it.
- Joshua 6:21מֵאִישׁ֙ · manWith the edge of the sword they devoted to destruction everything in the city—man and woman, young and old, oxen, sheep, and donkeys.
- Joshua 6:26הָאִ֜ישׁ · is the manAt that time Joshua invoked this solemn oath: “Cursed before the LORD is the man who rises up and rebuilds this city, Jericho; at the cost of his firstborn he will lay its foundations; at the cost of his youngest he will set up its gates.”
- Joshua 7:3אִ֗ישׁ; אִ֔ישׁ · men [are enough]On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
- Joshua 7:4אִ֑ישׁ · menSo about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.
- Joshua 7:5אִ֔ישׁ · And the menAnd the men of Ai struck down about thirty-six of them, chasing them from the gate as far as the quarries and striking them down on the slopes. So the hearts of the people melted and became like water.
- Joshua 8:3אִישׁ֙So Joshua and the whole army set out to attack Ai. Joshua chose 30,000 mighty men of valor and sent them out at night
- Joshua 8:12אִ֑ישׁ · menNow Joshua had taken about five thousand men and set up an ambush between Bethel and Ai, to the west of the city.
- Joshua 8:17אִ֗ישׁ · a manNot a man was left in Ai or Bethel who did not go out after Israel, leaving the city wide open while they pursued Israel.
- Joshua 8:25מֵאִ֣ישׁ · menA total of twelve thousand men and women fell that day—all the people of Ai.
- Joshua 9:6אִ֣ישׁ · the menThey went to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal and said to him and the men of Israel, “We have come from a distant land; please make a treaty with us.”
- Joshua 9:7אִֽישׁ־ · But the menBut the men of Israel said to the Hivites, “Perhaps you dwell near us. How can we make a treaty with you?”
- Joshua 10:8אִ֛ישׁ · oneThe LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”
- Joshua 10:14אִ֑ישׁ · of a manThere has been no day like it before or since, when the LORD listened to the voice of a man, because the LORD fought for Israel.
- Joshua 10:21לְאִ֖ישׁ · againstThe whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
- Joshua 10:24אִ֣ישׁ · the menWhen they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.
- Joshua 14:6אִישׁ־ · the manThen the sons of Judah approached Joshua at Gilgal, and Caleb son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, “You know what the LORD said to Moses the man of God at Kadesh-barnea about you and me.
- Joshua 17:1אִ֣ישׁ · a manNow this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
- Joshua 21:44אִ֤ישׁAnd the LORD gave them rest on every side, just as He had sworn to their fathers. None of their enemies could stand against them, for the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand.
- Joshua 22:14וְאִ֨ישׁ · eachWith him they sent ten chiefs—one family leader from each tribe of Israel, each the head of a family among the clans of Israel.
- Joshua 22:20אִ֣ישׁWas not Achan son of Zerah unfaithful regarding what was set apart for destruction, bringing wrath upon the whole congregation of Israel? Yet it was not only Achan who perished because of his sin!’”
- Joshua 23:9אִישׁ֙ · oneThe LORD has driven out great and powerful nations before you, and to this day no one can stand against you.
- Joshua 23:10אִישׁ־One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.