Ishi

William Smith's Bible Dictionary

(my husband). This word occurs in (Hosea 2:16) It is the Israelite term, in opposition to Baali, the Canaanite term, with the same meaning, though with a significance of its own. (salutary).


• A man of the descendants of Judah, son of Appaim, (1 Chronicles 2:31) one of the great house of Hezron.

• In a subsequent genealogy of Judah we find another Ishi, with a son Zoheth. (1 Chronicles 4:20)

• Head of a family of the tribe of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:42)

• One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24)

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