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
- Micah 4:5אִ֖ישׁThough all the nations may walk in the name of their gods, yet we will walk in the name of the LORD our God forever and ever.
- Micah 5:7לְאִ֔ישׁ · for manThen the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.
- Micah 7:2אִ֥ישׁ · oneThe godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.
- Micah 7:6אִ֖ישׁ · A man’sFor a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
- Nahum 2:3אַנְשֵׁי־ · the valiant warriorsThe shields of his mighty men are red; the valiant warriors are dressed in scarlet. The fittings of the chariots flash like fire on the day they are prepared, and the spears of cypress have been brandished.
- Zephaniah 2:11אִ֣ישׁ · eachThe LORD will be terrifying to them when He starves all the gods of the earth. Then the nations of every shore will bow in worship to Him, each in its own place.
- Zephaniah 3:6אִ֖ישׁ · man“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
- Haggai 1:9אִ֥ישׁ · while eachYou expected much, but behold, it amounted to little. And what you brought home, I blew away. Why? declares the LORD of Hosts. Because My house still lies in ruins, while each of you is busy with his own house.
- Haggai 2:12אִ֨ישׁ · a manIf a man carries consecrated meat in the fold of his garment, and it touches bread, stew, wine, oil, or any other food, does that item become holy?’” “No,” replied the priests.
- Haggai 2:22אִ֖ישׁ · eachI will overturn royal thrones and destroy the power of the kingdoms of the nations. I will overturn chariots and their riders; horses and their riders will fall, each by the sword of his brother.
- Zechariah 1:8אִישׁ֙ · a manI looked out into the night and saw a man riding on a red horse. He was standing among the myrtle trees in the hollow, and behind him were red, sorrel, and white horses.
- Zechariah 1:10הָאִ֛ישׁ · Then the manThen the man standing among the myrtle trees explained, “They are the ones the LORD has sent to patrol the earth.”
- Zechariah 1:21אִישׁ֙ · one“What are these coming to do?” I asked. And He replied, “These are the horns that scattered Judah so that no one could raise his head; but the craftsmen have come to terrify them and throw down these horns of the nations that have lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.”
- Zechariah 2:1אִ֑ישׁ · a manThen I lifted up my eyes and saw a man with a measuring line in his hand.
- Zechariah 3:10אִ֣ישׁOn that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, you will each invite your neighbor to sit under your own vine and fig tree.’”
- Zechariah 4:1כְּאִ֖ישׁ · as a manThen the angel who was speaking with me returned and woke me, as a man is awakened from his sleep.
- Zechariah 6:12אִ֞ישׁ · a manAnd you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD.
- Zechariah 7:9אִ֥ישׁ · one“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
- Zechariah 7:10אִ֣ישׁ · against oneDo not oppress the widow or the fatherless, the foreigner or the poor. And do not plot evil in your hearts against one another.’
- Zechariah 8:4וְאִ֧ישׁ · eachThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Old men and old women will again sit along the streets of Jerusalem, each with a staff in hand because of great age.
- Zechariah 8:10אִ֥ישׁFor before those days neither man nor beast received wages, nor was there safety from the enemy for anyone who came or went, for I had turned every man against his neighbor.
- Zechariah 8:16אִ֣ישׁ · to oneThese are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
- Zechariah 8:17וְאִ֣ישׁ׀…do not plot evil in your hearts against your neighbor, and do not love to swear falsely, for I hate all these things,” declares the LORD.
- Zechariah 8:23אִ֨ישׁThis is what the LORD of Hosts says: “In those days ten men from the nations of every tongue will tightly grasp the robe of a Jew, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.’”
- Zechariah 10:1לְאִ֖ישׁ · everyoneAsk the LORD for rain in springtime; the LORD makes the storm clouds, and He will give everyone showers of rain and crops in the field.
- Zechariah 11:6אִ֤ישׁ · will cause eachFor I will no longer have compassion on the people of the land, declares the LORD, but behold, I will cause each man to fall into the hands of his neighbor and his king, who will devastate the land, and I will not deliver it from their hands.”
- Zechariah 13:3אִישׁ֮ · anyoneAnd if anyone still prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will say to him, ‘You shall not remain alive, because you have spoken falsely in the name of the LORD.’ When he prophesies, his father and mother who bore him will pierce him through.
- Zechariah 13:4אִ֥ישׁ · everyAnd on that day every prophet who prophesies will be ashamed of his vision, and he will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
- Zechariah 13:5אִישׁ־He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
- Zechariah 14:13אִ֚ישׁ · so that eachOn that day a great panic from the LORD will come upon them, so that each will seize the hand of another, and the hand of one will rise against the other.
- Malachi 2:10אִ֣ישׁ · with oneDo we not all have one Father? Did not one God create us? Why then do we break faith with one another so as to profane the covenant of our fathers?
- Malachi 2:12לָאִ֨ישׁ · [As] for the manAs for the man who does this, may the LORD cut off from the tents of Jacob everyone who is awake and aware—even if he brings an offering to the LORD of Hosts.
- Malachi 3:16אִ֣ישׁ · with oneAt that time those who feared the LORD spoke with one another, and the LORD listened and heard them. So a scroll of remembrance was written before Him regarding those who feared the LORD and honored His name.
- Malachi 3:17אִ֔ישׁ · a man“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.