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HebrewH3460Proper Noun (Masculine)

יִשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ

yish.ma.yah

2Occurrences
H3460Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jishmajah, the name of two Israelites

or יִשְׁמַעְיָהוּlemma יְשְׁמַעְיָהוּ first vowel, corrected to יִשְׁמַעְיָהוּ; from H8085 (שָׁמַע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah will hear;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at § Ishmaiah = "Jehovah will hear" 1) a Gibeonite and one of David's mighty warriors 2) a son of Obadiah and the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun in the time of king David

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יִשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ appears 2 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 12:4BSB

Ishmaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the Thirty and a leader over the Thirty;Jeremiah, Jahaziel, Johanan, and Jozabad the Gederathite;

1 Chronicles 27:19BSB

over Zebulun was Ishmaiah son of Obadiah;over Naphtali was Jerimoth son of Azriel;

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