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Lexicon :: Strong's H7027 - qîš

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קִישׁ
Transliteration
qîš
Pronunciation
keesh
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

קִישׁ Qîysh, keesh; from H6983; a bow; Kish, the name of five Israelites:—Kish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x

The KJV translates Strong's H7027 in the following manner: Kish (21x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 21x
The KJV translates Strong's H7027 in the following manner: Kish (21x).

  1. Kish = "bent"

    1. a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul

    2. an ancestor of Mordecai

    3. son of Gibeon and brother of Abdon, Zur, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; uncle of Kish the father of king Saul

    4. a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari the progenitor of the family

    5. a Merarite Levite, son of Abdi in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
קִישׁ Qîysh, keesh; from H6983; a bow; Kish, the name of five Israelites:—Kish.
STRONGS H7027: Abbreviations
† קִישׁ proper name, masculine (probably *קַיְשְׁ Arabic bdb088501 Aramaic קישׁא NöZMG xi (1896), 167 originally proper name, of deity as Arabic bdb088502 which now only in proper name, of person WeHeid. 2. 67); — K(ε)ις:
1. father of Saul 1 Samuel 9:1, 3(twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:11, 21; 1 Samuel 14:51; 2 Samuel 21:14; 1 Chronicles 8:30, 33 (where read אַבְנֵר Be Kau Kit), 1 Chronicles 8:33 = 1 Chronicles 9:36, 39 (read as above), 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Chronicles 12:1; 1 Chronicles 26:28.
2. Levites :
a. 1 Chronicles 23:21, 22; 1 Chronicles 24:29 (twice in verse).
b. 2 Chronicles 29:12.
3. ancestor of Mordecai Esther 2:5 (Κεισαίου).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

9:1; 9:3; 10:11; 10:21; 14:51

2 Samuel

21:14

1 Chronicles

8:30; 8:33; 8:33; 9:36; 9:39; 9:39; 12:1; 23:21; 23:22; 24:29; 26:28

2 Chronicles

29:12

Esther

2:5

H7027

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7027 matches the Hebrew קִישׁ (qîš),
which occurs 21 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:1 - There was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish, the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, a Benjaminite, a man of wealth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 9:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:3 - Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, were lost. So Kish said to Saul his son, “Take one of the young men with you, and arise, go and look for the donkeys.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:11 - And when all who knew him previously saw how he prophesied with the prophets, the people said to one another, “What has come over the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - He brought the tribe of Benjamin near by its clans, and the clan of the Matrites was taken by lot;[fn] and Saul the son of Kish was taken by lot. But when they sought him, he could not be found.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:51

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:51 - Kish was the father of Saul, and Ner the father of Abner was the son of Abiel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:14 - And they buried the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan in the land of Benjamin in Zela, in the tomb of Kish his father. And they did all that the king commanded. And after that God responded to the plea for the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:30 - His firstborn son: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:33

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:33 - Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:36 - and his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:39 - Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:1 - Now these are the men who came to David at Ziklag, while he could not move about freely because of Saul the son of Kish. And they were among the mighty men who helped him in war.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:21 - The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli: Eleazar and Kish.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 23:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 23:22 - Eleazar died having no sons, but only daughters; their kinsmen, the sons of Kish, married them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:29 - Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:28 - Also all that Samuel the seer and Saul the son of Kish and Abner the son of Ner and Joab the son of Zeruiah had dedicated—all dedicated gifts were in the care of Shelomoth[fn] and his brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 29:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:12 - Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites; and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and of the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:5 - Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,
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