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Lexicon :: Strong's H376 - 'îš

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אִישׁ
Transliteration
'îš
Pronunciation
eesh
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Contracted for אֱנוֹשׁ (H582) [or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant]
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 83a

Strong’s Definitions

אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,639x

The KJV translates Strong's H376 in the following manner: man (1,002x), men (210x), one (188x), husband (69x), any (27x), miscellaneous (143x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,639x
The KJV translates Strong's H376 in the following manner: man (1,002x), men (210x), one (188x), husband (69x), any (27x), miscellaneous (143x).

  1. man

    1. man, male (in contrast to woman, female)

    2. husband

    3. human being, person (in contrast to God)

    4. servant

    5. mankind

    6. champion

    7. great man

  2. whosoever

  3. each (adjective)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802.
STRONGS H376: Abbreviations
אִישׁ 2166 noun masculine man (= vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician אש, perhaps also Sabean אסם compare Prätl.c., but DHMZMG 1883, 330) — א׳ absolute Genesis 2:23 +; construct Genesis 25:27 +; suffix אִישִׁי Genesis 29:32 +, etc.; plural אִישִׁים Psalm 141:4 + 2 times (Phoenician אשם); usually אֲנָשִׁים Genesis 12:20 +, from √ אנשׁ which see; construct אַנְשֵׁי Judges 6:27 +; suffix אֲנָשַׁי 1 Samuel 23:12 etc.; — man, opposed to woman Genesis 2:23, 24; Leviticus 20:27; Numbers 5:6; Deuteronomy 17:2f; Joshua 6:21; Joshua 8:25; Jeremiah 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation Genesis 19:8; Genesis 24:16; Genesis 38:25; Exodus 22:15; Leviticus 15:16 (שִׁכְבַת זָרַ֑ע) Leviticus 15:18 (בֶּןא׳ אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שׁ׳־ז׳ וְאִשָּׁה) Leviticus 20:10f; Numbers 5:13f; Deuteronomy 22:22f; Isaiah 4:1 +; thence = husband, especially with suffix Genesis 3:6, 16; Genesis 16:3; Genesis 29:32, 34; Leviticus 21:7; Numbers 30:7f; Deuteronomy 28:56; Judges 13:8f; Ruth 1:3f; 1 Samuel 25:19; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 16:45 +; figurative of י׳ as husband of Israel אִישִׁי Hosea 2:18 (opposed to בַּעְלִּי); man as procreator, father Ecclesiastes 6:3; of male child Genesis 4:1 compare זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים 1 Samuel 1:11; man, opposed to beast Exodus 11:7; Leviticus 20:15 (compare אָדָם); compare figurative Psalm 22:7 but also of male of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse) (אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֺ); man, opposed to God Genesis 32:29; Numbers 23:19 לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב (|| וּבֶן־אָדָם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם); Job 9:32; Job 32:13; Hosea 11:9 compare Isaiah 31:8; Job 12:10 (רוּחַ כָּל־בְּשַׂר אִישׁ); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים 2 Samuel 7:14 (|| נִגְעֵי בְּנֵי אָדָם); לֶחֶם אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17, 22 [**אֲנָשִׁים Ezekiel 24:17; Ezekiel 24:22 is textual error; We (apparently Sm) אֲנֻשִׁים; ToyHpt אוֺנִים (Hos 9:4).] (compare Isaiah 8:1); אַמַּת־אִישׁ Deuteronomy 3:11; but also contracted אָדָם Psalm 49:3; Psalm 62:10; man, as valiant 1 Samuel 4:9 (twice in verse) (וִהְיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים) so, 1 Kings 2:2 compare 1 Samuel 26:15; so אִישׁ חַיִל [H381 1 Samuel 31:12; 2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Kings 1:42] +; also אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה Numbers 31:49; Deuteronomy 2:14, 16; Joshua 5:4, 6 +; even of י׳ Exodus 15:3 יהוה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition אָדוֺן א׳ Genesis 42:30, 33, שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט א׳ Exodus 2:14, כֹּהֵן א׳ Leviticus 21:9, סָרִיס א׳ Jeremiah 38:7; particular before adjective, of a people אִישׁ מִצְרִי Genesis 39:1; Exodus 2:11, 19 compare Genesis 37:28; Genesis 38:1, 2; Genesis 39:14; 1 Samuel 17:12; 1 Samuel 30:11, 13 +; a man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people Numbers 25:6; Judges 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל 1 Samuel 7:11; 1 Samuel 31:7 (twice in verse) compare Joshua 7:4, 5 +; also singular collective Deuteronomy 27:14; Joshua 9:6, 7; Judges 20:11; 1 Samuel 11:8 (see Dr) +; [H382 2 Samuel 10:6, 8] (טוֺב א׳); (so MI10; MI13); men = retainers, followers, soldiers 1 Samuel 18:27; 1 Samuel 23:3; f 1 Samuel 24:3; 1 Samuel 25:13 — Deuteronomy 33:8 singular collective see Di; אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים man of God = prophet Deuteronomy 33:1; Joshua 14:6; 1 Samuel 9:6f; 1 Kings 12:13f + (see אלהים); in phrase followed by abstract אִישׁ חַיִל, מִלְחָמָה א׳ see above; שֵׂיבָה א׳ Deuteronomy 32:25, הַדָּמִים א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7 compare see 8, הַבְּלִיַּעַל א׳ 2 Samuel 16:7, מָוֶת א׳ 1 Kings 2:26, חָמָס א׳ Psalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31 +; followed by word of occupation, etc. שָׂדֶה א׳ Genesis 25:27, הָאֲדָמָה א׳ Genesis 9:20 (compare Zechariah 13:5), א׳ הַבֵּנַיִם champion 1 Samuel 17:4 (compare Dr) 1 Samuel 17:23, בְּשׂרָה א׳ 2 Samuel 18:20, אִישׁ עֲצָתוֺ his counsellor Isaiah 40:13, compare אִישׁ חֶרְמִי 1 Kings 20:42, רֵעִים א׳ Proverbs 18:24; often distributive = each, every Genesis 9:5; Genesis 10:5; Genesis 40:5 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:3 +; including women Job 42:11; 1 Chronicles 16:3 וַיְחַלֵּק לְכָל־אִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד אִשָּׁה לְאִישׁ כִּכַּר־לֶחֶם; of inanimate things 1 Kings 7:30, 36; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Exodus 36:4; Numbers 4:19, 49; Ezekiel 14:4, 7 +; any one Exodus 34:3 (twice in verse); Exodus 34:24 +; also אִישׁ אִישׁ Leviticus 15:2; Leviticus 22:4, 18 +; of gods 2 Kings 18:33 = Isaiah 36:18; one...another וְהִרְגוּ אִישׁ־ אֶת־אָחִיו וְאִישׁ אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶת־קְרֹבוֺ Exodus 32:27, ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ אָחִיו Deuteronomy 1:16; Micah 7:2 (see אָח), רֵעֵהוּ⬩⬩⬩אִישׁ Genesis 11:3, 7 + (see רֵעַ) of inanimate things Genesis 15:10.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:23; 2:23; 2:24; 3:6; 3:16; 4:1; 7:2; 9:5; 9:20; 10:5; 11:3; 11:7; 12:20; 15:10; 16:3; 19:8; 24:16; 25:27; 25:27; 29:32; 29:32; 29:34; 32:29; 37:28; 38:1; 38:2; 38:25; 39:1; 39:14; 40:5; 42:30; 42:33

Exodus

2:11; 2:14; 2:19; 11:7; 12:3; 15:3; 22:15; 32:27; 34:3; 34:24; 36:4

Leviticus

15:2; 15:16; 15:18; 20:10; 20:15; 20:27; 21:7; 21:9; 22:4; 22:18

Numbers

4:19; 4:49; 5:6; 5:13; 23:19; 25:6; 30:7; 31:49

Deuteronomy

1:16; 2:14; 2:16; 3:11; 17:2; 22:22; 27:14; 28:56; 32:25; 33:1; 33:8

Joshua

5:4; 5:6; 6:21; 7:4; 7:5; 8:25; 9:6; 9:7; 14:6

Judges

6:27; 10:1; 13:8; 20:11

Ruth

1:3

1 Samuel

1:11; 4:9; 7:11; 9:6; 11:8; 17:4; 17:12; 17:23; 18:27; 23:3; 23:12; 24:3; 25:13; 25:19; 26:15; 30:11; 30:13; 31:7

2 Samuel

7:14; 16:7; 16:7; 18:20

1 Kings

2:2; 2:26; 7:30; 7:36; 12:13; 20:42

2 Kings

18:33

1 Chronicles

16:3

Job

9:32; 12:10; 32:13; 42:11

Psalms

22:7; 49:3; 62:10; 140:12; 141:4

Proverbs

3:31; 18:24

Ecclesiastes

6:3

Isaiah

4:1; 8:1; 31:8; 36:18; 40:13

Jeremiah

29:6; 38:7; 40:7

Ezekiel

14:4; 14:7; 16:45; 24:17; 24:17; 24:22; 24:22

Hosea

2:18; 9:4; 11:9

Micah

7:2

Zechariah

13:5

H376

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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H376 matches the Hebrew אִישׁ ('îš),
which occurs 44 times in 42 verses in 'Psa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 1:1 - Blessed is the man
Who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly,
Nor stands in the path of sinners,
Nor sits in the seat of the scornful;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 4:2 - How long, O you sons of men,
Will you turn my glory to shame?
How long will you love worthlessness
And seek falsehood? Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 5:6 - You shall destroy those who speak falsehood;
The LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 12:2 - They speak idly everyone with his neighbor;
With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 18:48

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 18:48 - He delivers me from my enemies.
You also lift me up above those who rise against me;
You have delivered me from the violent man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 22:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 22:6 - But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and despised by the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:12 - Who is the man that fears the LORD?
Him shall He[fn] teach in the way He[fn] chooses.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 26:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 26:9 - Do not gather my soul with sinners,
Nor my life with bloodthirsty men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 31:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 31:20 - You shall hide them in the secret place of Your presence
From the plots of man;
You shall keep them secretly in a pavilion
From the strife of tongues.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 34:12 - Who is the man who desires life,
And loves many days, that he may see good?

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:7 - Rest in the LORD, and wait patiently for Him;
Do not fret because of him who prospers in his way,
Because of the man who brings wicked schemes to pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 37:37

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 37:37 - Mark the blameless man, and observe the upright;
For the future of that man is peace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:14 - Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth is no response.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:6 - Surely every man walks about like a shadow;
Surely they busy themselves in vain;
He heaps up riches,
And does not know who will gather them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 39:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 39:11 - When with rebukes You correct man for iniquity,
You make his beauty melt away like a moth;
Surely every man is vapor. Selah

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:9 - Even my own familiar friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 43:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 43:1 - Vindicate me, O God,
And plead my cause against an ungodly nation;
Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:2 - Both low and high,
Rich and poor together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:7 - None of them can by any means redeem his brother,
Nor give to God a ransom for him—

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:16 - Do not be afraid when one becomes rich,
When the glory of his house is increased;

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 55:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 55:23 - But You, O God, shall bring them down to the pit of destruction;
Bloodthirsty and deceitful men shall not live out half their days;
But I will trust in You.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 59:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 59:2 - Deliver me from the workers of iniquity,
And save me from bloodthirsty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:3 - How long will you attack a man?
You shall be slain, all of you,
Like a leaning wall and a tottering fence.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:9 - Surely men of low degree are a vapor,
Men of high degree are a lie;
If they are weighed on the scales,
They are altogether lighter than vapor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 62:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 62:12 - Also to You, O Lord, belongs mercy;
For You render to each one according to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 64:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:6 - They devise iniquities:
“We have perfected a shrewd scheme.”
Both the inward thought and the heart of man are deep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 76:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 76:5 - The stouthearted were plundered;
They have sunk into their sleep;
And none of the mighty men have found the use of their hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 78:25

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 78:25 - Men ate angels’ food;
He sent them food to the full.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 80:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 80:17 - Let Your hand be upon the man of Your right hand,
Upon the son of man whom You made strong for Yourself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 87:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 87:5 - And of Zion it will be said,
“This one and that one were born in her;
And the Most High Himself shall establish her.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 90:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 90:1 - A Prayer of Moses the man of God.

Lord, You have been our dwelling place[fn] in all generations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 92:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 92:6 - A senseless man does not know,
Nor does a fool understand this.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 105:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:17 - He sent a man before them—
Joseph—who was sold as a slave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 109:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:16 - Because he did not remember to show mercy,
But persecuted the poor and needy man,
That he might even slay the broken in heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:1 - Praise the LORD!

Blessed is the man who fears the LORD,
Who delights greatly in His commandments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 112:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 112:5 - A good man deals graciously and lends;
He will guide his affairs with discretion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 139:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 139:19 - Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God!
Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:1 - To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David.

Deliver me, O LORD, from evil men;
Preserve me from violent men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:4 - Keep me, O LORD, from the hands of the wicked;
Preserve me from violent men,
Who have purposed to make my steps stumble.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 140:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 140:11 - Let not a slanderer be established in the earth;
Let evil hunt the violent man to overthrow him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 141:4

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:4 - Do not incline my heart to any evil thing,
To practice wicked works
With men who work iniquity;
And do not let me eat of their delicacies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 147:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 147:10 - He does not delight in the strength of the horse;
He takes no pleasure in the legs of a man.
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