Hebrew word · H3469

יִשְׁעִי

yish'i

Ishi

Appears 5 times in 4 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.2.31;

son of: Appaim (H0649);

father of: Sheshan (H8348)

§ Ishi = "He saves me"

1) son of Appaim, one of the line of Jerahmeel of the house of Hezron

2) a chief of Manasseh and head of a family on the east of Jordan

3) a chief of Judah, father of Zoheth

4) a chief of Simeon and head of a family

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 5

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:31 יִשְׁעִ֑י יִשְׁעִי֙ Ishi

    The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

    Here: Appaim's son, the next link. The name is built on the root for saving or deliverance, probably meaning "my salvation" or "(God) saves".

  2. 1 Chronicles 4:20 יִשְׁעִ֔י Ishi

    The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

  3. 1 Chronicles 4:42 יִשְׁעִ֖י Ishi

    And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

  4. 1 Chronicles 5:24 וְיִשְׁעִ֡י and Ishi

    These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.

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