אִישׁ

ishNoun (Masculine)H0376

man

From: contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);

Short Definition

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Full Lexicon Entry

man 1) man 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female) 1b) husband 1c) human being, person (in contrast to God) 1d) servant 1e) mankind 1f) champion 1g) great man 2) whosoever 3) each (adjective)

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Masculine)

Morphology H:N-M

DescriptionH:N-M

Occurrences

1,332 times

Appears 1,332 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Judges
124
1 Samuel
109
Genesis
96
Jeremiah
96
2 Kings
87

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 10:1
  • 2 Kings 4:21
  • Exodus 36:6
  • Judges 20:11
  • Leviticus 20:20

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