Ishi

This term has multiple meanings in the Bible:

1. Appaim’s son, the father of Sheshan and a descendant of Judah through Jerahmeel’s line (1 Chr 2:31).→ View encyclopedia entry

2. Man from Judah’s tribe whose descendants were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth (1 Chr 4:20).→ View encyclopedia entry

3. Simeonite whose four sons led 500 men to Mt Seir, where they destroyed the remnant Amalekites and settled their own people (1 Chr 4:42).→ View encyclopedia entry

4. One of the leaders of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan (1 Chr 5:24).→ View encyclopedia entry

5. Name of God, meaning “my husband,” by which Israel will one day address him (Hos 2:16).

From Tyndale Bible Dictionary, adapted by Mission Mutual. CC BY-SA 4.0.

Scripture References (5)

1 Chronicles

Hosea