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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 2,183 times in 1,847 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 12 / 37 (Jdg 4:22–Jdg 12:1)

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:22 - And behold, while Barak was pursuing Sisera, Jael came out to meet him and said to him, “Come, and I will show you the man H376 whom you are seeking.” So he entered [fn]with her, and behold, Sisera was lying dead with the tent peg in his temple.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:8 - that the LORD sent a prophet to the sons of Israel, and he said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘It was I who brought you up from Egypt, and brought you out of the house of [fn]slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:16 - Yet the LORD said to him, “I will certainly be with you, and you will [fn]defeat Midian as one man H376.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:27 - Then Gideon took ten men H376 from his servants and did as the LORD had spoken to him; and because he was too afraid of his father’s household and the men H376 of the city to do it by day, he did it by night.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:28 -

When the people H376 of the city got up early in the morning, behold, the altar of Baal had been torn down, and the Asherah which had been beside it had been cut down, and the second bull had been offered on the altar which had been built.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:29 - So they said to one H376 another, “Who did this thing?” And when they searched and inquired, they said, “Gideon the son of Joash did this thing.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:30 - Then the men H376 of the city said to Joash, “Bring out your son, that he may die, for he has torn down the altar of Baal, and indeed, he has cut down the Asherah which was beside it.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:6 - Now the number of those who lapped, [fn]putting their hand to their mouth, was three hundred men H376; but all the rest of the people kneeled down to drink water.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:7 - And the LORD said to Gideon, “I will save you with the three hundred men H376 who lapped, and will hand the Midianites over to you; so have all the other people go, each H376 man H376 to his [fn]home.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:8 - So [fn]the three hundred men took the people’s provisions and their trumpets in their hands. And [fn]Gideon dismissed all the other men H376 of Israel, each H376 to his tent, but retained the three hundred men H376; and the camp of Midian was below him in the valley.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:13 - When Gideon came, behold, a man H376 was relating a dream to his friend. And he said, “Behold, I [fn]had a dream; [fn]a loaf of barley bread was tumbling into the camp of Midian, and it came to the tent and struck it so that it fell, and turned it [fn]upside down so that the tent collapsed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:14 - And his friend replied, “This is nothing other than the sword of Gideon the son of Joash, a man H376 of Israel; God has handed over to him Midian and all the camp.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:16 - And he divided the three hundred men H376 into three [fn]units, and he put trumpets and empty pitchers into the hands of all of them, with torches inside the pitchers.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:19 -

So Gideon and the hundred men H376 who were with him came to the outskirts of the camp at the beginning of the middle night watch, when they had just posted the watch; and they blew the trumpets and smashed the pitchers that were in their hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:21 - And each H376 stood in his place around the camp; and all the [fn]army ran, crying out as they fled.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:22 - And when they blew the three hundred trumpets, the LORD set the sword of one H376 against another even throughout the entire [fn]army; and the [fn]army fled as far as Beth-shittah toward Zererah, as far as the edge of Abel-meholah, by Tabbath.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:23 - And the men H376 of Israel were summoned from Naphtali, Asher, and all Manasseh, and they pursued Midian.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 7:24 -

Then Gideon sent messengers throughout the hill country of Ephraim, saying, “Come down [fn]against Midian and take control of the waters ahead of them, as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.” So all the men H376 of Ephraim were summoned, and they took control of the waters as far as Beth-barah and the Jordan.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:1 -

Then the men H376 of Ephraim said to [fn]Gideon, “What is this thing that you have done to us, not calling upon us when you went to fight against Midian?” And they quarreled with him vehemently.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:4 -

Then Gideon and the three hundred men H376 who were with him came to the Jordan and crossed over, exhausted yet still pursuing.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:5 - And he said to the men H376 of Succoth, “Please give loaves of bread to the people who are [fn]following me, for they are exhausted, and I am pursuing Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:8 - Then he went up from there to [fn]Penuel and spoke similarly to them; and the men H376 of Penuel answered him just as the men H376 of Succoth had answered.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - So he said also to the men H376 of [fn]Penuel, “When I return safely, I will tear down this tower.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:10 -

Now Zebah and Zalmunna were in Karkor, and their [fn]armies with them, about fifteen thousand men, all who were left of the entire [fn]army of the [fn]people of the east; for the fallen were 120,000 [fn]swordsmen H376.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:14 - And he captured a youth from [fn]Succoth and questioned him. Then the youth wrote down for him the leaders of Succoth and its elders, seventy-seven men H376.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:15 - And he came to the men H376 of Succoth and said, “Behold Zebah and Zalmunna, about whom you taunted me, saying, ‘[fn]Are the hands of Zebah and Zalmunna already in your hand, that we should give bread to your men H376 who are weary?’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:16 - Then he took the elders of the city, and thorns of the wilderness and briers, and he [fn]disciplined the men H376 of Succoth with them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:17 - And he tore down the tower of Penuel and killed the men H376 of the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:18 -

Then he said to Zebah and Zalmunna, “Where were the men H376 whom you killed at Tabor?” But they said, “You and they were alike, each one [fn]resembling the son of a king.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:21 - Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself, and attack us; for as the man H376, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent amulets which were on their camels’ necks.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:22 -

Then the men H376 of Israel said to Gideon, “Rule over us, both you and your son, your son’s son as well, for you have saved us from the hand of Midian!”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:24 - Yet Gideon said to them, “I would [fn]request of you, that each H376 of you give me [fn]an earring from his plunder.” (For they had gold earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:25 - And they said, “We will certainly give them to you.” So they spread out a garment, and every H376 one H376 of them tossed an earring there from his plunder.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:2 - “Speak, now, in the hearing of all the [fn]leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you: for seventy men H376, all the sons of Jerubbaal, to rule over you, or for one man H376 to rule over you?’ Also, remember that I am your bone and your flesh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:4 - And they gave him seventy pieces of silver from the house of Baal-berith, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless men H376, and they followed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:5 - Then he went to his father’s house in Ophrah and killed his brothers the sons of Jerubbaal, seventy men H376, [fn]on one stone. But Jotham the youngest son of Jerubbaal was left, because he hid himself.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:9 - “But the olive tree said to them, ‘Shall I give up my fatness with [fn]which God and mankind H376 are honored, and go to wave over the trees?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:13 - “But the vine said to them, ‘Shall I give up my new wine, which cheers God and mankind H376, and go to wave over the trees?’
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but in fact you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed his sons, seventy men H376, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his female slave, king over the [fn]leaders of Shechem, because he is your relative
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is Zebul not his governor? Serve the men H376 of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:36 - When Gaal saw the people, he said to Zebul, “[fn]Look, people are coming down from the tops of the mountains.” But Zebul said to him, “You are seeing the shadow of the mountains as if they were people H376.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:49 - So all the people also cut down, each H376 one H376, his branch and followed Abimelech, and put them on top of the inner chamber and set the inner chamber on fire over those inside, so that all the people H376 of the tower of Shechem also died, about a thousand men H376 and women.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:51 - But there was a strong tower in the center of the city, and all the men H376 and women with all the [fn]leaders of the city fled there and shut themselves in; and they went up on the roof of the tower.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:55 - Now when the men H376 of Israel saw that Abimelech was dead, each H376 left for his [fn]home.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:57 - God also returned all the wickedness of the men H376 of Shechem on their heads, and the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal came [fn]upon them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:1 -

Now after Abimelech died, Tola the son of Puah, the son of Dodo, a man H376 of Issachar, rose up to save Israel; and he lived in Shamir in the hill country of Ephraim.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:18 - And the people, the leaders of Gilead, said to one H376 another, “Who is the man H376 who will begin to fight against the sons of Ammon? He shall become head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:3 - So Jephthah fled from his brothers and lived in the land of Tob; and worthless men H376 gathered [fn]around Jephthah, and they went [fn]wherever he did.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:39 - And at the end of two months she returned to her father, who did to her [fn]what he had vowed; and she [fn]had no relations with a man H376. And it became a custom in Israel,
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 12:1 -

Now the men H376 of Ephraim were summoned, and they crossed [fn]to Zaphon; and they said to Jephthah, “Why did you cross over to fight against the sons of Ammon without calling us to go with you? We will burn your house down on you!”


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