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
- 2 Samuel 19:43אִֽישׁ־ · the men; אִ֨ישׁ; אִ֣ישׁ · But the men; אִ֥ישׁ · the men“We have ten shares in the king,” answered the men of Israel, “so we have more claim to David than you. Why then do you despise us? Were we not the first to speak of restoring our king?” But the men of Judah spoke more fiercely than the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 20:1אִ֣ישׁ · man; אִ֣ישׁ; אִ֥ישׁ · Every manNow a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- 2 Samuel 20:2אִ֤ישׁ · the men; וְאִ֤ישׁ · But the menSo all the men of Israel deserted David to follow Sheba son of Bichri. But the men of Judah stayed by their king all the way from the Jordan to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 20:4אִישׁ־ · the menThen the king said to Amasa, “Summon the men of Judah to come to me within three days, and be here yourself.”
- 2 Samuel 20:11וְאִישׁ֙ · OneOne of Joab’s young men stood near Amasa and said, “Whoever favors Joab, and whoever is for David, let him follow Joab!”
- 2 Samuel 20:12הָאִ֜ישׁ · and when the manBut Amasa wallowed in his blood in the middle of the road, and when the man saw that all the troops were stopping there, he dragged the body off the road into a field and threw a garment over it.
- 2 Samuel 20:13אִישׁ֙ · the menAs soon as Amasa’s body was removed from the road, all the men went on with Joab to pursue Sheba son of Bichri.
- 2 Samuel 20:21אִישׁ֩ · a manThat is not the case. But a man named Sheba son of Bichri, from the hill country of Ephraim, has lifted up his hand against the king, against David. Deliver him alone, and I will depart from the city.” “Look,” the woman replied, “his head will be thrown to you over the wall.”
- 2 Samuel 20:22אִ֣ישׁ · eachThen the woman went to all the people with her wise counsel, and they cut off the head of Sheba son of Bichri and threw it to Joab. So he blew the ram’s horn and his men dispersed from the city, each to his own home. And Joab returned to the king in Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 21:4אִ֖ישׁ · should youThe Gibeonites said to him, “We need no silver or gold from Saul or his house, nor should you put to death anyone in Israel for us.” “Whatever you ask, I will do for you,” he replied.
- 2 Samuel 21:5הָאִישׁ֙ · As for the manAnd they answered the king, “As for the man who consumed us and plotted against us to exterminate us from existing within any border of Israel,
- 2 Samuel 21:20אִ֣ישׁ · where there was a manAnd there was also a battle at Gath, where there was a man of great stature with six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot—twenty-four in all. He too was descended from Rapha,
- 2 Samuel 22:49מֵאִ֥ישׁ · men…who frees me from my enemies. You exalt me above my foes; You rescue me from violent men.
- 2 Samuel 23:7וְאִישׁ֙ · The manThe man who touches them must be armed with iron or with the shaft of a spear. The fire burns them to ashes in the place where they lie.”
- 2 Samuel 23:9אִ֥ישׁ · The menNext in command was Eleazar son of Dodo the Ahohite. As one of the three mighty men, he went with David to taunt the Philistines who had gathered for battle at Pas-dammim. The men of Israel retreated,
- 2 Samuel 23:20אִֽישׁ־ · [was] a manAnd Benaiah son of Jehoiada was a man of valor from Kabzeel, a man of many exploits. He struck down two champions of Moab, and on a snowy day he went down into a pit and killed a lion.
- 2 Samuel 23:21אִ֨ישׁ · manHe also struck down an Egyptian, a huge man. Although the Egyptian had a spear in his hand, Benaiah went against him with a club, snatched the spear from his hand, and killed the Egyptian with his own spear.
- 2 Samuel 24:9אִֽישׁ־ · men; וְאִ֣ישׁ · and; אִֽישׁ׃And Joab reported to the king the total number of the troops. In Israel there were 800,000 men of valor who drew the sword, and in Judah there were 500,000.
- 2 Samuel 24:15אִֽישׁ׃So the LORD sent a plague upon Israel from that morning until the appointed time, and seventy thousand of the people from Dan to Beersheba died.
- 1 Kings 1:5אִ֖ישׁ · menAt that time Adonijah, David’s son by Haggith, began to exalt himself, saying, “I will be king!” And he acquired chariots and horsemen and fifty men to run ahead of him.
- 1 Kings 1:42אִ֥ישׁ · [are] a manAs he was speaking, suddenly Jonathan the son of Abiathar the priest arrived. “Come in,” said Adonijah, “for you are a man of valor. You must be bringing good news.”
- 1 Kings 1:49אִ֥ישׁAt this, all the guests of Adonijah arose in terror and scattered.
- 1 Kings 2:2לְאִֽישׁ׃ · a man“I am about to go the way of all the earth. So be strong and prove yourself a man.
- 1 Kings 2:4אִ֔ישׁ · to have a man…and so that the LORD may fulfill His promise to me: ‘If your descendants take heed to walk faithfully before Me with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 2:9אִ֥ישׁ · manNow therefore, do not hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man. You know what you ought to do to him to bring his gray head down to Sheol in blood.”
- 1 Kings 2:26אִ֥ישׁThen the king said to Abiathar the priest, “Go back to your fields in Anathoth. Even though you deserve to die, I will not put you to death at this time, since you carried the ark of the Lord GOD before my father David, and you suffered through all that my father suffered.”
- 1 Kings 3:13אִ֛ישׁ · manMoreover, I will give you what you did not request—both riches and honor—so that during all your days no man in any kingdom will be your equal.
- 1 Kings 4:25אִ֣ישׁ · each manThroughout the days of Solomon, Judah and Israel dwelt securely from Dan to Beersheba, each man under his own vine and his own fig tree.
- 1 Kings 4:27אִ֣ישׁ · EachEach month the governors in turn provided food for King Solomon and all who came to his table. They saw to it that nothing was lacking.
- 1 Kings 4:28אִ֖ישׁ · Each oneEach one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
- 1 Kings 5:6אִ֛ישׁNow therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”
- 1 Kings 5:13אִֽישׁ׃ · menThen King Solomon conscripted a labor force of 30,000 men from all Israel.
- 1 Kings 7:14אִישׁ־ · was a manHe was the son of a widow from the tribe of Naphtali, and his father was a man of Tyre, a craftsman in bronze. Huram had great skill, understanding, and knowledge for every kind of bronze work. So he came to King Solomon and carried out all his work.
- 1 Kings 7:30אִ֖ישׁ · at eachEach stand had four bronze wheels with bronze axles and a basin resting on four supports, with wreaths at each side.
- 1 Kings 7:36אִ֥ישׁ · wherever eachHe engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
- 1 Kings 8:2אִ֣ישׁ · the menAnd all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.
- 1 Kings 8:25אִישׁ֙ · to have a manTherefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’
- 1 Kings 8:31אִישׁ֙ · a manWhen a man sins against his neighbor and is required to take an oath, and he comes to take an oath before Your altar in this temple,
- 1 Kings 8:38אִ֚ישׁ · each…then may whatever prayer or petition Your people Israel make—each knowing his own afflictions and spreading out his hands toward this temple—
- 1 Kings 8:39לָאִישׁ֙ · each man…be heard by You from heaven, Your dwelling place. And may You forgive and act, and repay each man according to all his ways, since You know his heart—for You alone know the hearts of all men—
- 1 Kings 9:5אִ֔ישׁ · to have a man…then I will establish your royal throne over Israel forever, as I promised your father David when I said, ‘You will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.’
- 1 Kings 10:25אִ֣ישׁ · [each] visitorYear after year, each visitor would bring his tribute: articles of silver and gold, clothing, weapons, spices, horses, and mules.