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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 - But Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, took Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to Mahanaim,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:12

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:15 - Then they arose and passed over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner was very angry over the words of Ish-bosheth and said, “Am I a dog’s head of Judah? To this day I keep showing steadfast love to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers, and to his friends, and have not given you into the hand of David. And yet you charge me today with a fault concerning a woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:14 - Then David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “Give me my wife Michal, for whom I paid the bridal price of a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15 - And Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband Paltiel the 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, Rechab and Baanah, set out, and about the heat of the day they came to the house of Ish-bosheth as he was taking his noonday rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - and brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron. And they said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth, the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life. The LORD has avenged my lord the king this day on Saul and on his offspring.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - And David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hanged them beside the pool at Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in the tomb of Abner at Hebron.
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