This name belongs to 4 different people in the Bible:
Definition
from H6983; a bow; Kish, the name of five Israelites
Traditional renderings: Kish.
Traditional renderings: Kish.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
21 total
- 1 Samuel 9:1קִ֣ישׁ · was KishNow 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.
- 1 Samuel 9:3 (2×)לְקִ֖ישׁ · Kish; קִ֜ישׁ · and KishOne 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.”
- 1 Samuel 10:11קִ֔ישׁ · of KishWhen 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?”
- 1 Samuel 10:21קִ֔ישׁ · of KishThen 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.
- 1 Samuel 14:51וְקִ֧ישׁ · KishSaul’s father Kish and Abner’s father Ner were sons of Abiel.
- 2 Samuel 21:14קִ֣ישׁ · KishAnd 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.
- 1 Chronicles 8:30וְקִ֖ישׁ · Kish…and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 8:33 (2×)קִ֔ישׁ · Kish; וְקִ֖ישׁ · KishNer was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- 1 Chronicles 9:36וְקִ֔ישׁ · KishAbdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
- 1 Chronicles 9:39 (2×)קִ֔ישׁ · Kish; וְקִ֖ישׁ · KishNer was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
- 1 Chronicles 12:1קִ֑ישׁ · of KishNow 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;
- 1 Chronicles 23:21וְקִֽישׁ׃ · and KishThe sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.
- 1 Chronicles 23:22קִ֖ישׁ · of KishEleazar died without having any sons; he had only daughters. Their cousins, the sons of Kish, married them.
- 1 Chronicles 24:29 (2×)לְקִ֖ישׁ · From Kish; קִ֥ישׁ · of KishFrom Kish: Jerahmeel the son of Kish.
- 1 Chronicles 26:28קִ֔ישׁ · of KishEverything 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.
- 2 Chronicles 29:12קִ֚ישׁ · KishThen 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;
- Esther 2:5קִ֖ישׁ · of KishNow 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.