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HebrewH3440Proper Noun (Masculine)

יִשְׁוִי

yish.vi

4Occurrences
H3440Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jishvi, the name of two Israelites

from H7737 (שָׁוָה); level;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Asher living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at ; son of: Asher (H0836); brother of: Imnah (H3232), Ishvah (H3438), Beriah (H1283) and Serah (H8294) Also named: yish.vi (*יִשְׁוִי *"Ishvite" H3441) § Ishui or Ishuai or Isui or Jesui = "he resembles me" 1) the 2nd son of Saul by his wife Ahinoam 2) the 3rd son of Asher and founder of the family of Ishuaites

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יִשְׁוִי appears 4 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
1
1 Samuel
1
Genesis
1
Numbers
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 7:30BSB

The children of Asher:Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

1 Samuel 14:49BSB

Now the sons of Saul were Jonathan, Ishvi, and Malchishua. His two daughters were named Merab (his firstborn) and Michal (his younger daughter).

Genesis 46:17BSB

The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel.

Numbers 26:44BSB

These were the descendants of Asher by their clans:The Imnite clan from Imnah,the Ishvite clan from Ishvi,and the Beriite clan from Beriah.

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