אִישׁ

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.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders אִישׁ:

Glossary entries

Tob Ishtob

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,684 total
  1. Jeremiah 51:43אִ֔ישׁ · one
    Her cities have become a desolation, a dry and arid land, a land where no one lives, where no son of man passes through.
  2. Jeremiah 51:45אִ֣ישׁ · each of you
    Come out of her, My people! Save your lives, each of you, from the fierce anger of the LORD.
  3. Jeremiah 52:25אִישׁ֙ · men
    Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
  4. Lamentations 3:33אִֽישׁ׃ס · of men
    For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.
  5. Ezekiel 1:9אִ֛ישׁ · each
    …and their wings were touching one another. They did not turn as they moved; each one went straight ahead.
  6. Ezekiel 1:11לְאִ֗ישׁ · each [had]; אִ֔ישׁ · the wings of the creature on either side
    Such were their faces. Their wings were spread upward; each had two wings touching the wings of the creature on either side, and two wings covering its body.
  7. Ezekiel 1:12וְאִ֛ישׁ · Each
    Each creature went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they moved.
  8. Ezekiel 1:23לְאִ֗ישׁ; וּלְאִ֗ישׁ · Each one
    And under the expanse, their wings stretched out toward one another. Each one also had two wings covering its body.
  9. Ezekiel 3:26לְאִ֣ישׁ
    I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth, and you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, though they are a rebellious house.
  10. Ezekiel 4:17אִ֣ישׁ · [at the sight of] one
    So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
  11. Ezekiel 7:13וְאִ֧ישׁ · not one of them
    The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.
  12. Ezekiel 7:16אִ֖ישׁ · each
    The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity.
  13. Ezekiel 8:11אִ֣ישׁ; וְאִ֥ישׁ · Each
    Before them stood seventy elders of the house of Israel, with Jaazaniah son of Shaphan standing among them. Each had a censer in his hand, and a fragrant cloud of incense was rising.
  14. Ezekiel 8:12אִ֖ישׁ · each
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what the elders of the house of Israel are doing in the darkness, each at the shrine of his own idol? For they are saying, ‘The LORD does not see us; the LORD has forsaken the land.’”
  15. Ezekiel 8:16אִ֑ישׁ · men
    So He brought me to the inner court of the house of the LORD, and there at the entrance to the temple of the LORD, between the portico and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of the LORD and their faces toward the east; and they were bowing to the east in worship of the sun.
  16. Ezekiel 9:1וְאִ֛ישׁ · each
    Then I heard Him call out in a loud voice, saying, “Draw near, O executioners of the city, each with a weapon of destruction in hand.”
  17. Ezekiel 9:2וְאִ֨ישׁ · each; וְאִישׁ־ · man
    And I saw six men coming from the direction of the Upper Gate, which faces north, each with a weapon of slaughter in his hand. With them was another man clothed in linen who had a writing kit at his side. And they came in and stood beside the bronze altar.
  18. Ezekiel 9:3הָאִישׁ֙ · the man
    Then the glory of the God of Israel rose from above the cherubim, where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. And He called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side.
  19. Ezekiel 9:6אִ֨ישׁ
    Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.
  20. Ezekiel 9:11הָאִ֣ישׁ׀ · the man
    Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”
  21. Ezekiel 10:2הָאִ֣ישׁ׀ · the man
    And the LORD said to the man clothed in linen, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with burning coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” And as I watched, he went in.
  22. Ezekiel 10:3הָאִ֑ישׁ · Now when the man
    Now when the man went in, the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple, and a cloud filled the inner court.
  23. Ezekiel 10:6הָאִ֤ישׁ · the man
    When the LORD commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,” the man went in and stood beside a wheel.
  24. Ezekiel 10:22אִ֛ישׁ · Each [creature]
    Their faces looked like the faces I had seen by the River Kebar. Each creature went straight ahead.
  25. Ezekiel 11:1אִ֑ישׁ · men
    Then the Spirit lifted me up and brought me to the gate of the house of the LORD that faces east. And there at the entrance of the gate were twenty-five men. Among them I saw Jaazaniah son of Azzur and Pelatiah son of Benaiah, who were leaders of the people.
  26. Ezekiel 14:4אִ֣ישׁ · any; אִ֣ישׁ
    Therefore speak to them and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘When any Israelite sets up idols in his heart and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet, I the LORD will answer him according to his great idolatry,
  27. Ezekiel 14:7אִ֨ישׁ · any; אִ֜ישׁ
    For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
  28. Ezekiel 14:8בָּאִ֣ישׁ · man
    I will set My face against that man and make him a sign and a proverb; I will cut him off from among My people. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
  29. Ezekiel 16:32אִישָׁ֔הּ · your own husband
    You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband!
  30. Ezekiel 16:45אִישָׁ֖הּ · her husband
    You are the daughter of your mother, who despised her husband and children. You are the sister of your sisters, who despised their husbands and children. Your mother was a Hittite and your father an Amorite.
  31. Ezekiel 18:5וְאִ֖ישׁ · a man
    Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right:
  32. Ezekiel 18:7וְאִישׁ֙ · another
    He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
  33. Ezekiel 18:8אִ֖ישׁ · men; לְאִֽישׁ׃
    He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
  34. Ezekiel 18:16וְאִישׁ֙ · another
    He does not oppress another, or retain a pledge, or commit robbery. He gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
  35. Ezekiel 18:30אִ֨ישׁ · each
    Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
  36. Ezekiel 20:7אִ֣ישׁ · Each of you
    And I said to them: ‘Each of you must throw away the abominations before his eyes, and you must not defile yourselves with the idols of Egypt. I am the LORD your God.’
  37. Ezekiel 20:8אִ֣ישׁ · None of them
    But they rebelled against Me and refused to listen. None of them cast away the abominations before their eyes, and they did not forsake the idols of Egypt. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the land of Egypt.
  38. Ezekiel 20:39אִ֤ישׁ · every one of you
    And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
  39. Ezekiel 21:31אֲנָשִׁ֣ים · men
    I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.
  40. Ezekiel 22:6אִ֥ישׁ · every
    See how every prince of Israel within you has used his power to shed blood.
  41. Ezekiel 22:11וְאִ֣ישׁ׀ · One man; וְאִ֥ישׁ · another; וְאִ֛ישׁ · and yet another
    One man commits an abomination with his neighbor’s wife; another wickedly defiles his daughter-in-law; and yet another violates his sister, his own father’s daughter.