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Lexicon :: Strong's H3458 - yišmāʿē'l

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יִשְׁמָעֵאל
Transliteration
yišmāʿē'l
Pronunciation
yish-maw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׁמָעֵאל Yishmâʻêʼl, yish-maw-ale'; from H8085 and H410; God will hear; Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites:—Ishmael.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H3458 in the following manner: Ishmael (48x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H3458 in the following manner: Ishmael (48x).

  1. Ishmael = "God will hear"

    1. son of Abraham and Sarah's handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples

    2. son of Nethaniah and the murderer of Gedaliah

    3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Azel a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth

    4. a Judaite, father of Zebadiah

    5. a Judaite, son of Johanan and one of the captains who aided Jehoiada in restoring Joash to the throne

    6. a priest of the family of Pashur with a foreign wife whom he was forced to put away by Ezra

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׁמָעֵאל Yishmâʻêʼl, yish-maw-ale'; from H8085 and H410; God will hear; Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites:—Ishmael.
STRONGS H3458: Abbreviations
יִשְׁמָעֵאל 48 proper name, masculine Ēl heareth; Sabean יסמעאל Hal187; on from compare LagBN 131); —
1. son of Abraham and Hagar Genesis 16:11 (name explanation רגו׳ שָׁמַע י׳), Genesis 16:15. 16 + 11 times Genesis 17; 25, Genesis 28:9 (twice in verse); Genesis 36:3; 1 Chronicles 1:28, 29, 31; Ισμαηλ
2. usually Ισμαηλ: murderer of Gedaliah Jeremiah 41:8; Jeremiah 40:14, 15, 16 + 17 times Jeremiah 41; 2 Kings 25:23, 25 (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ισραηλ !).
3. in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:44.
4. in Judah:
a. 2 Chronicles 19:11.
b. 2 Chronicles 23:1.
5. Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:22, Σαμαηλ, A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ισμαηλ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:11; 16:15; 16:16; 17; 25; 28:9; 36:3

2 Kings

25:23; 25:25

1 Chronicles

1:28; 1:29; 1:31; 8:38; 9:44

2 Chronicles

19:11; 23:1

Ezra

10:22

Jeremiah

40:14; 40:15; 40:16; 41; 41:8

H3458

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3458 matches the Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yišmāʿē'l),
which occurs 48 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - And the angel of the LORD said to her,
“Behold, you are pregnant
and shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,[fn]
because the LORD has listened to your affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram called the name of his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to Abram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18 - And Abraham said to God, “Oh that Ishmael might live before you!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ishmael, I have heard you; behold, I have blessed him and will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He shall father twelve princes, and I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - Then Abraham took Ishmael his son and all those born in his house or bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and he circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very day, as God had said to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 - That very day Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - Isaac and Ishmael his sons buried him in the cave of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, east of Mamre,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - These are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s servant, bore to Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - These are the names of the sons of Ishmael, named in the order of their birth: Nebaioth, the firstborn of Ishmael; and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael and these are their names, by their villages and by their encampments, twelve princes according to their tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - (These are the years of the life of Ishmael: 137 years. He breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - Esau went to Ishmael and took as his wife, besides the wives he had, Mahalath the daughter of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, the sister of Nebaioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - Now when all the captains and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah governor, they came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah, namely, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But in the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down Gedaliah and put him to death along with the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:28 - The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:29 - These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:31 - Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38 - Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:44 - Azel had six sons and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - And behold, Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the governor of the house of Judah, in all the king’s matters, and the Levites will serve you as officers. Deal courageously, and may the LORD be with the upright!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 - But in the seventh year Jehoiada took courage and entered into a covenant with the commanders of hundreds, Azariah the son of Jeroham, Ishmael the son of Jehohanan, Azariah the son of Obed, Maaseiah the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat the son of Zichri.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:22 - Of the sons of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:8 - they went to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, Jezaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - and said to him, “Do you know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam would not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah at Mizpah, “Please let me go and strike down Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he take your life, so that all the Judeans who are gathered about you would be scattered, and the remnant of Judah would perish?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you are speaking falsely of Ishmael.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate bread together there at Mizpah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael also struck down all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean soldiers who happened to be there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah came out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he came. As he met them, he said to them, “Come in to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - When they came into the city, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and cast them into a cistern.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not put us to death, for we have stores of wheat, barley, oil, and honey hidden in the fields.” So he refrained and did not put them to death with their companions.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men whom he had struck down along with[fn] Gedaliah was the large cistern that King Asa had made for defense against Baasha king of Israel; Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael took captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who were left at Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah took them captive and set out to cross over to the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:11 - But when Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him heard of all the evil that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had done,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12 - they took all their men and went to fight against Ishmael the son of Nethaniah. They came upon him at the great pool that is in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - And when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him, they rejoiced.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - So all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:15 - But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men, and went to the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah and all the leaders of the forces with him took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, after he had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—soldiers, women, children, and eunuchs, whom Johanan brought back from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - because of the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.
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