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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 25:13Deuteronomy 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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H376 matches the Hebrew אִישׁ ('îš),
which occurs 140 times in 111 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (2Sa 1:2–2Sa 15:6)

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:2 - Now it happened that on the third day, behold, a man H376 came out of the camp from Saul. And his clothes were torn and [fn]dust was on his head. And it happened when he came to David, that he fell to the ground and prostrated himself.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:11 -

Then David took hold of his clothes and tore them, and so also did all the men H376 who were with him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 1:13 - And David said to the young man who told him, “Where are you from?” And he [fn]answered, “I am the son of a sojourner, an Amalekite.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:3 - And David brought up his men H376 who were with him, each H376 with his household; and they lived in the cities of Hebron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - Then the men H376 of Judah came and there anointed David king over the house of Judah.

And they told David, saying, “It was the men H376 of Jabesh-gilead who buried Saul.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - And David sent messengers to the men H376 of Jabesh-gilead, and said to them, “May you be blessed of Yahweh because you have [fn]shown this lovingkindness with your lord, with Saul, and have buried him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:16 - And each H376 one H376 of them seized his [fn]opponent by the head and thrust his sword in his [fn]opponent’s side; so they fell down together. Therefore that place was called [fn]Helkath-hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:17 - And that day the battle was very severe, and Abner and the men H376 of Israel were [fn]defeated before the servants of David.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:27 - And Joab said, “As God lives, if you had not spoken, surely then the people would have only gone away in the morning, each H376 from following his brother.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:29 - But Abner and his men H376 then went through the Arabah all that night; so they crossed the Jordan, walked all morning, and came to Mahanaim.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:30 -

Now Joab returned from following Abner. And he had gathered all the people together, and [fn]nineteen of David’s servants besides Asahel were missing.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:31 - But the servants of David had struck down many of Benjamin and Abner’s men H376, so that 360 men H376 died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:32 - And they took up Asahel and buried him in his father’s tomb which was in Bethlehem. Then Joab and his men H376 went all night until the day [fn]dawned at Hebron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15 - And Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband H376, from [fn]Paltiel the son of Laish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:16 - But her husband H376 went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her as far as Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go, return.” So he returned.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20 -

Then Abner and twenty men H376 with him came to David at Hebron. And David made a feast for Abner and the men H376 who were with him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:39 - “Thus I am weak today, though anointed king; and these men H376 the sons of Zeruiah are too difficult for me. May Yahweh repay the evildoer according to his evil.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:2 - Now Saul’s son had two men H376 who were commanders of bands: the name of the one was Baanah and the name of the other Rechab, sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, of the sons of Benjamin (for Beeroth is also considered part of Benjamin,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:11 - “How much more, when wicked men H376 have killed a righteous man H376 in his own house on his bed, shall I not now require his blood from your hand and purge you from the earth?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:6 -

Then the king and his men H376 went to Jerusalem against the Jebusites, the inhabitants of the land, and they said to [fn]David, “You shall not come in here, but the blind and lame will turn you away”; [fn]thinking, “David cannot enter here.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 5:21 - And they forsook their idols there; so David and his men H376 carried them away.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:19 - And he apportioned to all the people, to all the multitude of Israel, both to men H376 and women, a cake of bread and one of dates and one of raisins to each H376 one H376. Then all the people went each H376 to his house.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be a father to him and he will be a son to Me; when he commits iniquity, I will reprove him with the rod of men H376 and the strikes from the sons of men,
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:4 - And David captured from him 1,700 horsemen and 20,000 foot soldiers H376; and David hamstrung all the chariot horses, but left enough of them for 100 chariots.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:5 - Then the Arameans of Damascus came to help Hadadezer, king of Zobah. And David struck down 22,000 Arameans.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - so Toi sent [fn]Joram his son to King David to [fn]greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him down; for Hadadezer [fn]had been at war with Toi. And in [fn]Joram’s hand were articles of silver, of gold, and of bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 9:3 - And the king said, “Is there not yet anyone H376 of the house of Saul to whom I may show the lovingkindness of God?” And Ziba said to the king, “There is still a son of Jonathan who is crippled in both feet.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:5 - Then they told it to David. And he sent to meet them, for the men H376 were greatly dishonored. And the king said, “[fn]Stay at Jericho until your beards grow, and then return.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:6 -

Then the sons of Ammon saw that they had become odious to David. So the sons of Ammon sent and hired the Arameans of Beth-rehob and the Arameans of Zobah, 20,000 foot soldiers, and the king of Maacah with 1,000 men H376, and the men of Tob with 12,000 men H376.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 10:8 - And the sons of Ammon came out and arranged themselves for battle at the entrance of the gate of the city. But the Arameans of Zobah and of Rehob and the men of Tob and Maacah were by themselves in the field.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:16 - So it was as Joab kept watch on the city, that he put Uriah at the place where he knew there were valiant men H376.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:17 - And the men H376 of the city went out and fought against Joab, and some of the people among David’s servants fell; and Uriah the Hittite also died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:23 - And the messenger said to David, “The men H376 prevailed against us and came out against us in the field, but we [fn]pressed them as far as the entrance of the gate.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:26 -

Then the wife of Uriah heard that Uriah her husband H376 had died, so she lamented over her husband.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:1 -

Then Yahweh sent Nathan to David. And he came to him and [fn]said,

“There were two men H376 in one city, the one rich and the other poor.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:4 -

“Now a visitor came to the rich man H376,

And he [fn]was unwilling to take from his own flock or his own herd,

To prepare for the traveler who had come to him;

Rather he took the poor man’s H376 ewe lamb and prepared it for the man H376 who had come to him.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:5 -

Then David’s anger burned greatly against the man H376, and he said to Nathan, “As Yahweh lives, surely the man H376 who has done this [fn]deserves to die.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:7 -

Nathan then said to David, “You are the man H376! Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘It is I who anointed you king over Israel and it is I who delivered you from the hand of Saul.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:3 - But Amnon had a friend whose name was Jonadab, the son of [fn]Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very [fn]shrewd man H376.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:9 - And she took the pan and [fn]dished them out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, “Have everyone H376 go out from me.” So everyone H376 went out from him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:29 - Thus the young men of Absalom did to Amnon just as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose and each H376 mounted his mule and fled.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:5 - And the king said to her, “What is your trouble?” And she [fn]answered, “Truly I am a widow; my husband H376 has died.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - “And behold, the whole family has risen against your servant-woman, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed, and destroy the heir also.’ Thus they will extinguish my coal which remains, so as to [fn]leave my husband H376 neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - ‘For the king will listen [fn]and deliver his maidservant from the [fn]hand of the man H376 who would destroy [fn]both me and my son from the inheritance of God.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:25 -

Now in all Israel was no one H376 as handsome as Absalom, so highly praised; from the sole of his foot to the top of his head there was no defect in him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:1 -

Now it happened afterwards, that Absalom prepared for himself a chariot and horses and fifty men H376 as runners before him.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:2 - And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way to the gate; and when any man H376 had a case to come to the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, “From what city are you?” And he would say, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:4 - Then Absalom would say, “Oh that one would appoint me judge in the land, then every man H376 who has any case or judgment could come to me and I would justify him.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:5 - And when a man H376 came near to prostrate himself before him, he would send forth his hand and take hold of him and kiss him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:6 - In this manner Absalom dealt with all Israel who came to the king for judgment; so Absalom stole away the hearts of the men H376 of Israel.

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