Hebrew word · H6142

עִקֵּשׁ

'ikesh

Ikkesh

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.23.26;

father of: Ira (H5896H)

§ Ikkesh = "twisted"

father of Ira, the Tekoite, and one of David's mighty warriors

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 · 1

  1. 2 Samuel 23:26 עִקֵּ֖שׁ Ikkesh

    Helez the Paltite, Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite,

1 Chronicles · 2

  1. 1 Chronicles 11:28 עִקֵּשׁ֙ Ikkesh

    Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, Abiezer the Anathothite,

    Here: Ira's father. As an ordinary word, ʿiqqēsh means 'twisted, crooked', used in Proverbs for a twisted heart or crooked speech (Prov 11:20; 17:20). Why a father had that name is unknown; it may first have described something physical. Nothing in the verse makes a moral point of it.

  2. 1 Chronicles 27:9 עִקֵּ֖שׁ Ikkesh

    The sixth, for the sixth month, was Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoite. There were 24,000 men in his division.

    Here: The father's name. The same letters also form an ordinary adjective meaning "twisted" or "crooked" (as in Proverbs). Why a parent gave this name is unknown, and the verse does nothing with that meaning.

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