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Lexicon :: Strong's H378 - 'îš-bšeṯ

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אִישׁ־בּשֶׁת
Transliteration
'îš-bšeṯ
Pronunciation
eesh-bo'-sheth
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: איש-בשת.

Strong’s Definitions

אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת ʼÎysh-Bôsheth, eesh-bo'-sheth; from H376 and H1322; man of shame; Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul:—Ish-bosheth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H378 in the following manner: Ishbosheth (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H378 in the following manner: Ishbosheth (11x).

  1. Ishbosheth = "man of shame"

    1. surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת ʼÎysh-Bôsheth, eesh-bo'-sheth; from H376 and H1322; man of shame; Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul:—Ish-bosheth.
STRONGS H378: Abbreviations
† אִישׁבּֿ֫שֶׁת proper name, masculine Ishbosheth (for אִישׁ בַּעַל man of Baal see בּשֶׁת, בַּעַל & Diή βααλ MBAk, June 1881)
1. son of Saul, & king of Israel, with David as rival 2 Samuel 2:8, 10, 12, 15; 2 Samuel 3:8, 14, 15; 2 Samuel 4:5, 8 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 4:12; also 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 4:2 Greek Version of the LXX Dr compare We; = אֶשְׁבָּ֑עַל [H792 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39]; compare also
2. 2 Samuel 23:8, where read אשׁבשׁת for ישׁב בשׁבת so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one of David's heroes; see יָשָׁבְעָם 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 27:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

2:8; 2:10; 2:12; 2:15; 3:8; 3:14; 3:15; 4:1; 4:2; 4:5; 4:8; 4:12; 23:8

1 Chronicles

11:11; 27:2

H378

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H378 matches the Hebrew אִישׁ־בּשֶׁת ('îš-bšeṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 - Now Abner son of Ner, the general in command of Saul's army, had taken Saul's son Ish-bosheth and had brought him to Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bosheth son of Saul was forty years old when he began to rule over Israel. He ruled two years. However, the people of Judah followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:12 - Then Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:15 - So they got up and crossed over by number: twelve belonging to Benjamin and to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve from the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - These words of Ish-bosheth really angered Abner and he said, "Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah? This very day I am demonstrating loyalty to the house of Saul your father and to his relatives and his friends! I have not betrayed you into the hand of David. Yet you have accused me of sinning with this woman today!

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:14 - David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth son of Saul with this demand: "Give me my wife Michal whom I acquired for a hundred Philistine foreskins."

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15 - So Ish-bosheth took her from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:5 - Now the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite - Recab and Baanah - went at the hottest part of the day to the home of Ish-bosheth, as he was enjoying his midday rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David in Hebron, saying to the king, "Look! The head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life! The LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king this day against Saul and his descendants!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - So David issued orders to the soldiers and they put them to death. Then they cut off their hands and feet and hung them near the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner in Hebron.
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