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
- Ezekiel 22:30אִ֣ישׁ · a manI searched for a man among them to repair the wall and stand in the gap before Me on behalf of the land, so that I should not destroy it. But I found no one.
- Ezekiel 24:23אִ֥ישׁYour turbans will remain on your heads and your sandals on your feet. You will not mourn or weep, but you will waste away because of your sins, and you will groan among yourselves.
- Ezekiel 32:10אִ֣ישׁ · each of themI will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
- Ezekiel 33:2אִ֤ישׁ · man“Son of man, speak to your people and tell them: ‘Suppose I bring the sword against a land, and the people of that land choose a man from among them, appointing him as their watchman,
- Ezekiel 33:20אִ֧ישׁ · eachYet you say, ‘The way of the Lord is not just.’ But I will judge each of you according to his ways, O house of Israel.”
- Ezekiel 33:26וְאִ֛ישׁ · and eachYou have relied on your swords, you have committed detestable acts, and each of you has defiled his neighbor’s wife. Should you then possess the land?’
- Ezekiel 33:30אִ֤ישׁ · eachAs for you, son of man, your people are talking about you near the city walls and in the doorways of their houses. One speaks to another, each saying to his brother, ‘Come and hear the message that has come from the LORD!’
- Ezekiel 38:21אִ֖ישׁ · and every man’sAnd I will summon a sword against Gog on all My mountains, declares the Lord GOD, and every man’s sword will be against his brother.
- Ezekiel 39:20אִ֣ישׁ · and warriorsAnd at My table you will eat your fill of horses and riders, of mighty men and warriors of every kind,’ declares the Lord GOD.
- Ezekiel 40:3אִישׁ֙ · a manSo He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.
- Ezekiel 40:4הָאִ֗ישׁ“Son of man,” he said to me, “look with your eyes, hear with your ears, and pay attention to everything I am going to show you, for that is why you have been brought here. Report to the house of Israel everything you see.”
- Ezekiel 40:5הָאִ֜ישׁ · in the man’sAnd I saw a wall surrounding the temple area. Now the length of the measuring rod in the man’s hand was six long cubits (each measuring a cubit and a handbreadth), and he measured the wall to be one rod thick and one rod high.
- Ezekiel 43:6וְאִ֕ישׁ · While the manWhile the man was standing beside me, I heard someone speaking to me from inside the temple,
- Ezekiel 44:2וְאִישׁ֙ · manAnd the LORD said to me, “This gate is to remain shut. It shall not be opened, and no man shall enter through it, because the LORD, the God of Israel, has entered through it. Therefore it will remain shut.
- Ezekiel 44:25לְאִ֖ישׁA priest must not defile himself by going near a dead person. However, for a father, a mother, a son, a daughter, a brother, or an unmarried sister, he may do so,
- Ezekiel 45:20מֵאִ֥ישׁ · for anyoneYou must do the same thing on the seventh day of the month for anyone who strays unintentionally or in ignorance. In this way you will make atonement for the temple.
- Ezekiel 46:16לְאִ֣ישׁ · to anyThis is what the Lord GOD says: ‘If the prince gives a gift to any of his sons as an inheritance, it will belong to his descendants. It will become their property by inheritance.
- Ezekiel 46:18אִ֖ישׁThe prince must not take any of the inheritance of the people by evicting them from their property. He is to provide an inheritance for his sons from his own property, so that none of My people will be displaced from his property.’”
- Ezekiel 47:3הָאִ֥ישׁ · As the manAs the man went eastward with a measuring line in his hand, he measured off a thousand cubits and led me through ankle-deep water.
- Ezekiel 47:14אִ֣ישׁ · equallyYou are to divide it equally among them. Because I swore with an uplifted hand to give it to your forefathers, this land will fall to you as an inheritance.
- Daniel 9:7לְאִ֤ישׁ · the menTo You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
- Daniel 9:21וְהָאִ֣ישׁ · the man…while I was still praying, Gabriel, the man I had seen in the earlier vision, came to me in swift flight about the time of the evening sacrifice.
- Daniel 10:5אִישׁ־ · manI lifted up my eyes, and behold, there was a certain man dressed in linen, with a belt of fine gold from Uphaz around his waist.
- Daniel 10:11אִישׁ־ · you are a manHe said to me, “Daniel, you are a man who is highly precious. Consider carefully the words that I am about to say to you. Stand up, for I have now been sent to you.” And when he had said this to me, I stood up trembling.
- Daniel 10:19אִישׁ־“Do not be afraid, you who are highly precious,” he said. “Peace be with you! Be strong now; be very strong!” As he spoke with me, I was strengthened and said, “Speak, my lord, for you have strengthened me.”
- Daniel 12:6לָאִישׁ֙ · to the manOne of them said to the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, “How long until the fulfillment of these wonders?”
- Daniel 12:7הָאִ֣ישׁ׀ · And the manAnd the man dressed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, raised his right hand and his left hand toward heaven, and I heard him swear by Him who lives forever, saying, “It will be for a time, and times, and half a time. When the power of the holy people has finally been shattered, all these things will be completed.”
- Hosea 2:2אִישָׁ֑הּ · her husbandRebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not My wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adultery from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts.
- Hosea 2:7אִישִׁ֣י · husbandShe will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
- Hosea 2:10וְאִ֖ישׁ · oneAnd then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
- Hosea 2:16אִישִׁ֑י · my HusbandIn that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’
- Hosea 3:3לְאִ֑ישׁ · anotherThen I said to her, “You must live with me for many days; you must not be promiscuous or belong to another, and I will do the same for you.”
- Hosea 4:4אִ֛ישׁ · man; אִ֑ישׁ · manBut let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
- Hosea 6:9אִ֜ישׁLike raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
- Hosea 9:7אִ֣ישׁ · manThe days of punishment have come; the days of retribution have arrived—let Israel know it. The prophet is called a fool, and the inspired man insane, because of the greatness of your iniquity and hostility.
- Hosea 11:9אִ֔ישׁ · manI will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
- Joel 2:7וְאִ֤ישׁ · Each oneThey charge like mighty men; they scale the walls like men of war. Each one marches in formation, not swerving from the course.
- Joel 2:8וְאִ֤ישׁ · oneThey do not jostle one another; each proceeds in his path. They burst through the defenses, never breaking ranks.
- Joel 3:9אַנְשֵׁ֥י · the menProclaim this among the nations: “Prepare for war; rouse the mighty men; let all the men of war advance and attack!
- Amos 2:7וְאִ֣ישׁ · A manThey trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name.
- Amos 5:19אִישׁ֙ · a manIt will be like a man who flees from a lion, only to encounter a bear, or who enters his house and rests his hand against the wall, only to be bitten by a snake.
- Obadiah 1:9אִ֛ישׁ · everyoneThen your mighty men, O Teman, will be terrified, so that everyone in the mountains of Esau will be cut down in the slaughter.
- Jonah 1:5אִ֣ישׁ · and eachThe sailors were afraid, and each cried out to his own god. And they threw the ship’s cargo into the sea to lighten the load. But Jonah had gone down to the lowest part of the vessel, where he lay down and fell into a deep sleep.
- Jonah 1:7אִ֣ישׁ“Come!” said the sailors to one another. “Let us cast lots to find out who is responsible for this calamity that is upon us.” So they cast lots, and the lot fell on Jonah.
- Jonah 1:14הָאִ֣ישׁ · man’sSo they cried out to the LORD: “Please, O LORD, do not let us perish on account of this man’s life! Do not charge us with innocent blood! For You, O LORD, have done as You pleased.”
- Jonah 3:8אִ֚ישׁ · Let each oneFurthermore, let both man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and have everyone call out earnestly to God. Let each one turn from his evil ways and from the violence in his hands.
- Micah 2:2וְאִ֖ישׁ · a fellow manThey covet fields and seize them; they take away houses. They deprive a man of his home, a fellow man of his inheritance.
- Micah 2:11אִ֞ישׁ · a manIf a man of wind were to come and say falsely, “I will preach to you of wine and strong drink,” he would be just the preacher for this people!
- Micah 4:4אִ֣ישׁ · And each manAnd each man will sit under his own vine and under his own fig tree, with no one to frighten him. For the mouth of the LORD of Hosts has spoken.