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Lexicon :: Strong's H8664 - tišbî

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תִּשְׁבִּי
Transliteration
tišbî
Pronunciation
tish-bee'
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Part of Speech
gentilic adjective, proper locative noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Patrial from an unused name meaning recourse
Strong’s Definitions

תִּשְׁבִּי Tishbîy, tish-bee'; patrial from an unused name meaning recourse; a Tishbite or inhabitant of Tishbeh (in Gilead):—Tishbite.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's H8664 in the following manner: Tishbite (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x
The KJV translates Strong's H8664 in the following manner: Tishbite (6x).

  1. Tishbite = "captivity"

    proper locative noun

    1. the home of Elijah

      1. site unknown but maybe the town of Tishbe

        gentilic adjective

    2. an inhabitant of Tishbe or Tishbi or Tesheb

      1. site unknown and name uncertain

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
תִּשְׁבִּי Tishbîy, tish-bee'; patrial from an unused name meaning recourse; a Tishbite or inhabitant of Tishbeh (in Gilead):—Tishbite.
STRONGS H8664: Abbreviations
† [תִּשְׁבֶּה] proper name, of a location (from above √); — read probably מִתִּשְׁבֵּה גִלְעָד (or תִּשְׁבֵּי) 1 Kings 17:1 (for MT מִתּשָׁבֵיּ) Greek Version of the LXX. ἐκ θεσβῶν (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Θεσσεβῶν) τῆς Γαλααδ, so Joshua; Ew Th We Kmp Benz Kit Bur and others; home of Elijah; see KasterenZPV xiii (1890) 207 ff. compare modern Istib, in mountains of Ajhûn, so BuhlG 257.

† תִּשְׁבִּי adjective, of a people, אֵלִיָּהוּ הַתּ׳ 1 Kings 17:1; 1 Kings 21:17, 28; 2 Kings 1:3, 8; 2 Kings 9:36; — ὀ Θεσβ(ε)ίτης
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

17:1; 17:1; 21:17; 21:28

2 Kings

1:3; 1:8; 9:36

H8664

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8664 matches the Hebrew תִּשְׁבִּי (tišbî),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 17:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 17:1 - Now Elijah, who was from Tishbe in Gilead, told King Ahab, “As surely as the LORD, the God of Israel, lives—the God I serve—there will be no dew or rain during the next few years until I give the word!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:17 - But the LORD said to Elijah,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 21:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 21:28 - Then another message from the LORD came to Elijah:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:3 - But the angel of the LORD told Elijah, who was from Tishbe, “Go and confront the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is there no God in Israel? Why are you going to Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron, to ask whether the king will recover?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 1:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:8 - They replied, “He was a hairy man,[fn] and he wore a leather belt around his waist.”
“Elijah from Tishbe!” the king exclaimed.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 9:36

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - When they returned and told Jehu, he stated, “This fulfills the message from the LORD, which he spoke through his servant Elijah from Tishbe: ‘At the plot of land in Jezreel, dogs will eat Jezebel’s body.
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