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HebrewH0376Noun (Masculine)

אִישׁ

ish

1,332Occurrences
H0376Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

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)

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

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
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)

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

אִישׁ appears 1,332 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Judges
124
1 Samuel
109
Genesis
96
Jeremiah
96
2 Kings
87
Proverbs
83
Leviticus
75
2 Samuel
74

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:1BSB

Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.

2 Kings 4:21BSB

And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God. Then she shut the door and went out.

Exodus 36:6BSB

After Moses had given an order, they sent a proclamation throughout the camp: “No man or woman should make anything else as an offering for the sanctuary.” So the people were restrained from bringing more,

Judges 20:11BSB

So all the men of Israel gathered as one man, united against the city.

Leviticus 20:20BSB

If a man lies with his uncle’s wife, he has uncovered the nakedness of his uncle. They will bear their sin; they shall die childless.

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