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
- Jeremiah 29:32אִ֣ישׁ׀ · one…this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- Jeremiah 31:30אִ֥ישׁ · eachInstead, each will die for his own iniquity. If anyone eats the sour grapes, his own teeth will be set on edge.
- Jeremiah 31:34אִ֣ישׁ · will each man; וְאִ֤ישׁ · [or]No longer will each man teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
- Jeremiah 32:19לְאִישׁ֙ · each one…the One great in counsel and mighty in deed, whose eyes are on all the ways of the sons of men, to reward each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds.
- Jeremiah 32:32וְאִ֣ישׁ · the men…because of all the evil the children of Israel and of Judah have done to provoke Me to anger—they, their kings, their officials, their priests and prophets, the men of Judah, and the residents of Jerusalem.
- Jeremiah 33:17אִ֕ישׁ · a manFor this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,
- Jeremiah 33:18אִ֖ישׁ · to have a man…nor will the priests who are Levites ever fail to have a man before Me to offer burnt offerings, to burn grain offerings, and to present sacrifices.”
- Jeremiah 34:9אִ֣ישׁ · that each man; וְאִ֧ישׁ · one; אִֽישׁ׃…that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
- Jeremiah 34:10אִ֣ישׁ; וְאִ֤ישׁSo all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
- Jeremiah 34:14אִישׁ֩ · eachEvery seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
- Jeremiah 34:15אִ֣ישׁ · eachRecently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
- Jeremiah 34:16אִ֤ישׁ · Each of you; וְאִ֣ישׁBut now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
- Jeremiah 34:17אִ֥ישׁ · each man; וְאִ֣ישׁTherefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.
- Jeremiah 35:4אִ֣ישׁ · a man…and I brought them into the house of the LORD, to a chamber occupied by the sons of Hanan son of Igdaliah, a man of God. This room was near the chamber of the officials, which was above the chamber of Maaseiah son of Shallum the doorkeeper.
- Jeremiah 35:13לְאִ֣ישׁ · the men“This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Go and tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem: ‘Will you not accept discipline and obey My words?’ declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 35:15אִישׁ֩ · each of youAgain and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
- Jeremiah 35:19אִ֜ישׁ · a man…this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”
- Jeremiah 36:3אִ֚ישׁ · each of themPerhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
- Jeremiah 36:7אִ֖ישׁ · and eachPerhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
- Jeremiah 36:16אִ֣ישׁ · oneWhen they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
- Jeremiah 36:19וְאִ֥ישׁ · oneThen the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
- Jeremiah 36:31אִ֣ישׁ · the menI will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”
- Jeremiah 37:10אִ֤ישׁIndeed, if you were to strike down the entire army of the Chaldeans that is fighting against you, and only wounded men remained in their tents, they would still get up and burn this city down.”
- Jeremiah 38:4הָאִ֣ישׁ · man; הָאִ֣ישׁ · manThen the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
- Jeremiah 38:7אִ֣ישׁNow Ebed-melech the Cushite, a court official in the royal palace, heard that Jeremiah had been put into the cistern. While the king was sitting at the Gate of Benjamin,
- Jeremiah 38:24אִ֛ישׁ · let anyoneThen Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
- Jeremiah 40:15וְאִ֖ישׁ · oneThen Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
- Jeremiah 41:4וְאִ֖ישׁ · oneOn the second day after the murder of Gedaliah, when no one yet knew about it,
- Jeremiah 41:5אִ֔ישׁ…eighty men who had shaved off their beards, torn their garments, and cut themselves came from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria, carrying grain offerings and frankincense for the house of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 44:7אִישׁ־ · manSo now, this is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Why are you doing such great harm to yourselves by cutting off from Judah man and woman, child and infant, leaving yourselves without a remnant?
- Jeremiah 44:26אִ֣ישׁ · manNevertheless, hear the word of the LORD, all you people of Judah living in Egypt: Behold, I have sworn by My great name, says the LORD, that never again will any man of Judah living in the land of Egypt invoke My name or say, ‘As surely as the Lord GOD lives.’
- Jeremiah 44:27אִ֨ישׁ · manI am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.
- Jeremiah 46:16אִ֣ישׁ · [they]They continue to stumble; indeed, they have fallen over one another. They say, ‘Get up! Let us return to our people and to the land of our birth, away from the sword of the oppressor.’
- Jeremiah 49:5אִ֣ישׁBehold, I am about to bring terror upon you, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts, from all those around you. You will each be driven headlong, with no one to regather the fugitives.
- Jeremiah 49:18אִ֔ישׁ · oneAs Sodom and Gomorrah were overthrown along with their neighbors,” says the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- Jeremiah 49:33אִ֔ישׁ · one“Hazor will become a haunt for jackals, a desolation forever. No one will dwell there; no man will abide there.”
- Jeremiah 50:16אִ֤ישׁ · each; וְאִ֥ישׁ · eachCut off the sower from Babylon, and the one who wields the sickle at harvest time. In the face of the oppressor’s sword, each will turn to his own people, each will flee to his own land.
- Jeremiah 50:40אִ֔ישׁ · oneAs God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah along with their neighbors,” declares the LORD, “no one will dwell there; no man will abide there.
- Jeremiah 50:42כְּאִישׁ֙ · like menThey grasp the bow and spear; they are cruel and merciless. Their voice roars like the sea, and they ride upon horses, lined up like men in formation against you, O Daughter of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 51:6אִ֣ישׁ · with yourFlee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
- Jeremiah 51:9אִ֣ישׁ · Let each“We tried to heal Babylon, but she could not be healed. Abandon her! Let each of us go to his own land, for her judgment extends to the sky and reaches to the clouds.”
- Jeremiah 51:22אִ֣ישׁ · manWith you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden.