קִישׁ

qishKish
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man21 occurrences5 books17 verses
This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
  • Kish: A Levite from the Merari clan
  • Kish: Father of Saul, the first king of Israel
  • Kish: A Levite who helped purify the temple
  • Kish: An ancestor of Mordecai

Definition

from H6983; a bow; Kish, the name of five Israelites
Traditional renderings: Kish.

Glossary entries

Kish Cis

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

21 total
  1. 1 Samuel 9:1קִ֣ישׁ · was Kish
    Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
  2. 1 Samuel 9:3 (2×)לְקִ֖ישׁ · Kish; קִ֜ישׁ · and Kish
    One day the donkeys of Saul’s father Kish wandered off, and Kish said to his son Saul, “Take one of the servants and go look for the donkeys.”
  3. 1 Samuel 10:11קִ֔ישׁ · of Kish
    When all those who had formerly known Saul saw him prophesying with the prophets, they asked one another, “What has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
  4. 1 Samuel 10:21קִ֔ישׁ · of Kish
    Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.
  5. 1 Samuel 14:51וְקִ֧ישׁ · Kish
    Saul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
  6. 2 Samuel 21:14קִ֣ישׁ · Kish
    And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in Zela in the land of Benjamin, in the tomb of Saul’s father Kish. After they had done everything the king had commanded, God answered their prayers for the land.
  7. 1 Chronicles 8:30וְקִ֖ישׁ · Kish
    …and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
  8. 1 Chronicles 8:33 (2×)קִ֔ישׁ · Kish; וְקִ֖ישׁ · Kish
    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
  9. 1 Chronicles 9:36וְקִ֔ישׁ · Kish
    Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
  10. 1 Chronicles 9:39 (2×)קִ֔ישׁ · Kish; וְקִ֖ישׁ · Kish
    Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
  11. 1 Chronicles 12:1קִ֑ישׁ · of Kish
    Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he was still banished from the presence of Saul son of Kish (they were among the mighty men who helped him in battle;
  12. 1 Chronicles 23:21וְקִֽישׁ׃ · and Kish
    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
  13. 1 Chronicles 23:22קִ֖ישׁ · of Kish
    Eleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
  14. 1 Chronicles 24:29 (2×)לְקִ֖ישׁ · From Kish; קִ֥ישׁ · of Kish
    From Kish: Jerahmeel the son of Kish.
  15. 1 Chronicles 26:28קִ֔ישׁ · of Kish
    Everything that had been dedicated by Samuel the seer, Saul son of Kish, Abner son of Ner, and Joab son of Zeruiah, along with everything else that was dedicated, was under the care of Shelomith and his brothers.
  16. 2 Chronicles 29:12קִ֚ישׁ · Kish
    Then the Levites set to work: Mahath son of Amasai and Joel son of Azariah from the Kohathites; Kish son of Abdi and Azariah son of Jehallelel from the Merarites; Joah son of Zimmah and Eden son of Joah from the Gershonites;
  17. Esther 2:5קִ֖ישׁ · of Kish
    Now there was at the citadel of Susa a Jewish man from the tribe of Benjamin named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish.