HebrewH6142Proper Noun (Masculine)
עִקֵּשׁ
iq.qesh
“Ikkesh”
3Occurrences
H6142Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Ikkesh, an Israelite
the same as H6141 (עִקֵּשׁ); perverse;
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; father of: Ira (H5896H) § Ikkesh = "twisted" father of Ira, the Tekoite, and one of David's mighty warriors
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology Code
N:N-M-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
עִקֵּשׁ appears 3 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
1 Chronicles
2
2 Samuel
1
Key Passages
1 Chronicles 11:28BSB
Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,Abiezer the Anathothite,
1 Chronicles 27:9BSB
The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.
2 Samuel 23:26BSB
Helez the Paltite,Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,
Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.