Hebrew word · H378

אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת

'ish-

Ish-bosheth

Appears 22 times in 10 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.2.8;

son of: Saul (H7586G);

brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324), Armoni (H0764), Mephibosheth (H4648H)

Also named: esh.ba.al (אֶשְׁבַּעַל "Eshbaal" H0792)

§ Ishbosheth = "man of shame"

surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom

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

2 Samuel · 22

  1. 2 Samuel 2:8 אִ֥ישׁ בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙ Ish-, bosheth

    Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,

  2. 2 Samuel 2:10 אִֽישׁ־ בֹּ֣שֶׁת Ish-, bosheth

    Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.

  3. 2 Samuel 2:12 אִֽישׁ־ בֹּ֣שֶׁת Ish-, bosheth

    One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

  4. 2 Samuel 2:15 וּלְאִ֥ישׁ בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙ and for Ish-, bosheth

    So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.

  5. 2 Samuel 3:8 אִֽישׁ־ בֹּ֗שֶׁת Ish-, bosheth

    Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!

  6. 2 Samuel 3:14 אִֽישׁ־ בֹּ֥שֶׁת Ish-, bosheth

    Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”

  7. 2 Samuel 3:15 אִ֣ישׁ בֹּ֔שֶׁת Ish-, bosheth

    So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.

  8. 2 Samuel 4:5 אִ֣ישׁ בֹּ֑שֶׁת Ish-, bosheth

    Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.

  9. 2 Samuel 4:8 אִֽישׁ־ בֹּ֥שֶׁת אִֽישׁ־ בֹּ֗שֶׁת Ish-, bosheth

    They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”

  10. 2 Samuel 4:12 אִֽישׁ־ בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙ Ish-, bosheth

    So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.

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