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HebrewH0378Proper Noun (Masculine)

אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת

ish-bo.shet

10Occurrences
H0378Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul

from H376 (אִישׁ) and H1322 (בֹּשֶׁת); man of shame;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Saul (H7586G); brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324), Armoni (H0764), Mephibosheth (H4648H) Also named: esh.ba.al (*אֶשְׁבַּעַל *"Eshbaal" H0792) § Ishbosheth = "man of shame" surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת appears 10 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

2 Samuel
10

Key Passages

2 Samuel 2:8BSB

Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

2 Samuel 2:12BSB

One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Samuel 3:8BSB

Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

2 Samuel 3:15BSB

So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.

2 Samuel 4:8BSB

They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.