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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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Strong's Number H376 matches the Hebrew אִישׁ ('îš),
which occurs 42 times in 40 verses in 'Job' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:1 - There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job. And that man was pure and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:3 - His possessions included 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, and 500 female donkeys; in addition he had a very great household. Thus he was the greatest of all the people in the east.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - Now his sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one in turn, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:8 - So the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? There is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:3 - Then the LORD said to Satan, "Have you considered my servant Job? For there is no one like him on the earth, a pure and upright man, one who fears God and turns away from evil. And he still holds firmly to his integrity, so that you stirred me up to destroy him without reason."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:4 - But Satan answered the LORD, "Skin for skin! Indeed, a man will give up all that he has to save his life!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:11 - When Job's three friends heard about all this calamity that had happened to him, each of them came from his own country - Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite. They met together to come to show sympathy for him and to console him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 2:12 - But when they gazed intently from a distance but did not recognize him, they began to weep loudly. Each of them tore his robes, and they threw dust into the air over their heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 4:13 - In the troubling thoughts of the dreams in the night when a deep sleep falls on men,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 9:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:32 - For he is not a human being like I am, that I might answer him, that we might come together in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:2 - "Should not this abundance of words be answered, or should this talkative man be vindicated?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 11:12 - But an empty man will become wise, when a wild donkey's colt is born a human being.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:10 - in whose hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all the human race.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 12:14 - If he tears down, it cannot be rebuilt; if he imprisons a person, there is no escape.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 14:12 - so man lies down and does not rise; until the heavens are no more, they will not awake nor arise from their sleep.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:16 - how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:8 - Although you were a powerful man, owning land, an honored man living on it,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:35

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:35 - "If only I had someone to hear me! Here is my signature - let the Almighty answer me! If only I had an indictment that my accuser had written.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:1 - So these three men refused to answer Job further, because he was righteous in his own eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:5 - But when Elihu saw that the three men had no further reply, he became very angry.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:13 - So do not say, 'We have found wisdom! God will refute him, not man!'

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 32:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 32:21 - I will not show partiality to anyone, nor will I confer a title on any man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:15 - In a dream, a night vision, when deep sleep falls on people as they sleep in their beds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:16 - Then he gives a revelation to people, and terrifies them with warnings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:8 - He goes about in company with evildoers, he goes along with wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:10 - "Therefore, listen to me, you men of understanding. Far be it from God to do wickedness, from the Almighty to do evil.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:11 - For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:21 - For his eyes are on the ways of an individual, he observes all a person's steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:23 - For he does not still consider a person, that he should come before God in judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34 - Men of understanding say to me - any wise man listening to me says -

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:36 - But Job will be tested to the end, because his answers are like those of wicked men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 35:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 35:8 - Your wickedness affects only a person like yourself, and your righteousness only other people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 36:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 36:24 - Remember to extol his work, which people have praised in song.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:7 - He causes everyone to stop working, so that all people may know his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:20 - Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 37:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:24 - Therefore people fear him, for he does not regard all the wise in heart."

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 38:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:26 - to cause it to rain on an uninhabited land, a desert where there are no human beings,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 41:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 41:17 - They lock tightly together, one to the next; they cling together and cannot be separated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 42:11 - So they came to him, all his brothers and sisters and all who had known him before, and they dined with him in his house. They comforted him and consoled him for all the trouble the LORD had brought on him, and each one gave him a piece of silver and a gold ring.
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