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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

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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 - Then the LORD's angel said to her, "You are now pregnant and are about to give birth to a son. You are to name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your painful groans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - So Hagar gave birth to Abram's son, whom Abram named Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - (Now Abram was 86 years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18 - Abraham said to God, "O 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. I will indeed bless him, make him fruitful, and give him a multitude of descendants. He will become the father of twelve princes; I will make him into a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - Abraham took his son Ishmael and every male in his household (whether born in his house or bought with money) and circumcised them on that very same day, just as God had told him to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - his son Ishmael was thirteen years old when he was circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:26

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar, the Hethite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - This is the account of Abraham's son Ishmael, 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 Ishmael's sons, by their names according to their records: Nebaioth (Ishmael's firstborn), 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 settlements and their camps - twelve princes according to their clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. He breathed his last and died; then he joined his ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - So Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, along with the wives he already had.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - in addition to Basemath the daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - All of the officers of the Judahite army and their troops heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to govern. So they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But in the seventh month Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten of his men and murdered Gedaliah, as well as the Judeans and Babylonians 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 were their descendants: Ishmael's firstborn son was Nebaioth; the others were Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38 - Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by 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: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by 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 - You will report to Amariah the chief priest in all matters pertaining to the LORD's law, and to Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the leader of the family of Judah, in all matters pertaining to the king. The Levites will serve as officials before you. Confidently carry out your duties! May the LORD be with those who do well!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 - In the seventh year Jehoiada made a bold move. He made a pact with the officers of the units of hundreds: Azariah son of Jehoram, Ishmael son of Jehochanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zikri.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:8 - So all these officers and their troops came to Gedaliah at Mizpah. The officers who came were Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - They said to him, "Are you at all aware that King Baalis of Ammon has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to kill you?" But Gedaliah son of Ahikam would not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah there at Mizpah, "Let me go and kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah before anyone knows about it. Otherwise he will kill you and all the Judeans who have rallied around you will be scattered. Then what remains of Judah will disappear."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, "Do not do that because what you are saying about Ishmael is not true."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - But in the seventh month Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah and grandson of Elishama who was a member of the royal family and had been one of Zedekiah's chief officers, came with ten of his men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. While they were eating a meal together with him there at Mizpah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him stood up, pulled out their swords, and killed Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan. Thus Ishmael killed the man that the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the country.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them. He was pretending to cry as he walked along. When he met them, he said to them, "Come with me to meet Gedaliah son of Ahikam."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - But as soon as they were inside the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men who were with him slaughtered them and threw their bodies in a cistern.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, "Do not kill us. For we will give you the stores of wheat, barley, olive oil, and honey we have hidden in a field. So he spared their lives and did not kill them along with the rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the cistern where Ishmael threw all the dead bodies of those he had killed was a large one that King Asa had constructed as part of his defenses against King Baasha of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with dead bodies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael took captive all the people who were still left alive in Mizpah. This included the royal princesses and all the rest of the people in Mizpah that Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard, had put under the authority of Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took all these people 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 - Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the atrocities that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12 - So they took all their troops and went to fight against Ishmael son of Nethaniah. They caught up with him near the large pool at Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - When all the people that Ishmael had taken captive saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers with him, they were glad.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - All those people that Ishmael had taken captive from Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:15 - But Ishmael son of Nethaniah managed to escape from Johanan along with eight of his men, and he went on over to Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him led off all the people who had been left alive at Mizpah. They had rescued them from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after he killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. They led off the men, women, children, soldiers, and court officials whom they had brought away from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - They were afraid of what the Babylonians might do because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the country.
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