STRONGS NUMBER H376


Word Summary
ish: man
Original Word: אִישׁ
Transliteration: ish
Phonetic Spelling: (eesh)
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: man
Meaning: a man as an individual, a male person
Strong's Concordance
great, mighty man, he, high degree, him that is, husband, mankind,

Contracted for 'enowsh (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation) -- also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 'ishshah.

see HEBREW 'enowsh

see HEBREW 'ishshah

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H376. ish

אִישׁ2166 noun masculine man ( = vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician אש‎, perhaps also Sabean אסם‎ compare Prätl.c, but DHMZMG 1883, 330) — ׳א‎ absolute Genesis 2:23 +; construct 25:27 +; suffix אִישִׁי29:32 +, etc.; plural אִישִׁיםPsalm 141:4 2t. (Phoenician אשם‎); usually אֲנָשִׁיםGenesis 12:20 +, from √ אנשׁ‎ q. v.; construct אַנְשֵׁיJudges 6:27 +; suffix אֲנָשַׁי1 Samuel 23:12 etc.; — man, opposed to woman Genesis 2:23-24, Leviticus 20:27; Numbers 5:6; Deuteronomy 17:2f; Joshua 6:21; 8:25; Jeremiah 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation Genesis 19:8; 24:16; 38:25; Exodus 22:15; Leviticus 15:16 (זָרַ֑ע שִׁכְבַת‎) 15:18 (שׁ אֹתָהּ אִישׁ יִשְׁכַּב ׳זֿ׳אֲשֶׁר וְאִשָּׁה‎) 20:10 f; Numbers 5:13f; Deuteronomy 22:22f; Isaiah 4:1 +; thence = husband, especially with suffix Genesis 3:6, 16; 16:3; 29:32, 34; Leviticus 21:7; Numbers 30:7f; Deuteronomy 28:56; Judges 13:8f; Ruth 1:3f; 1 Samuel 25:19; Jeremiah 29:6; Ezekiel 16:45 +; figurative of ׳י‎ as husband of Israel אִישִׁיHosea 2:18 (opposed to בַּעְלִּי‎); man as procreator, father Ecclesiastes 6:3; of male child Genesis 4:1 compare אֲנָשִׁים זֶרַע1 Samuel 1:11; man, opposed to beast Exodus 11:7; Leviticus 20:15 (compare אָדָם‎); compare figurative Psalm 22:7 but also of male of animals Genesis 7:2 (twice in verse) (וְאִשְׁתּוֺ אִישׁ‎); man, opposed to God 32:29; Numbers 23:19 וִיכַזֵּב אֵל אִישׁ לֹא‎ ("" וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם וּבֶןאָֿדָם‎); Job 9:32; 32:13; Hosea 11:9 compare Isaiah 31:8; Job 12:10 (אִישׁ כָּלבְּֿשַׂר רוּחַ‎); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common אֲנָשִׁים שֵׁבֶט2 Samuel 7:14 ("" אָדָם בְּנֵי נִגְעֵי‎); אֲנָשִׁים לֶחֶםEzekiel 24:17, 22 [**אֲנָשִׁים24:17; 24:22 is textual error; We (apparently Sm) אֲנֻשִׁים‎; ToyHpt אוֺנִים‎ (Hosea 9:4).] (compare Isaiah 8:1); אַמַּתאִֿישׁDeuteronomy 3:11; but also contracted אָדָםPsalm 49:3; 62:10; man, as valiant 1 Samuel 4:9 (twice in verse) (לַאֲנָשִׁים וִהְיוּ‎) so 1 Kings 2:2 compare 1 Samuel 26:15; so חַיִל אִישׁ31:12; 2 Samuel 24:9; 1 Kings 1:42 +; also מִלְחָמָה אִישׁNumbers 31:49; Deuteronomy 2:14, 16; Joshua 5:4, 6 +; even of ׳יExodus 15:3 מִלְחָמָה אִישׁ יהוה‎; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition ׳א אָדוֺןGenesis 42:30, 33, ׳א וְשֹׁפֵט שַׂרExodus 2:14, ׳א כֹּהֵןLeviticus 21:9, ׳א סָרִיסJeremiah 38:7; particular before adjective, of a people מִצְרִי אִישׁGenesis 39:1; Exodus 2:11, 19 compare Genesis 37:28; 38:1-2, 39:14; 1 Samuel 17:12; 30:11, 13 +; a man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people Numbers 25:6; Judges 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural יִשְׂרָאֵל אַנְשֵׁי1 Samuel 7:11; 31:7 (twice in verse) compare Joshua 7:4-5, +; also singularcollective Deuteronomy 27:14; Joshua 9:6-7, Judges 20:11; 1 Samuel 11:8 (see Dr) +; 2 Samuel 10:6, 8 (׳א טוֺב‎); (so MI10; MI13); men = retainers, followers, soldiers 1 Samuel 18:27; 23:3; f 24:3; 25:13 +? Deuteronomy 33:8 singular collective see Di; אֱלֹהִים אִישׁman of God = prophet 33:1; Joshua 14:6; 1 Samuel 9:6f; 1 Kings 12:13f + (see אלהים‎); in phrase followed by abstract ׳א מִלְחָמָה חַיִל, אִישׁ‎ see above; ׳א שֵׂיבָהDeuteronomy 32:25, ׳א הַדָּמִים2 Samuel 16:7 compare see 8, ׳א הַבְּלִיַּעַל16:7, ׳א מָוֶת1 Kings 2:26, ׳א חָמָסPsalm 140:12; Proverbs 3:31 +; followed by word of occupation, etc. שָׂדֶה׳אGenesis 25:27, הָאֲדָמָה׳א9:20 (compare Zechariah 13:5), הַבֵּנַיִם ׳אchampion 1 Samuel 17:4 (compare Dr) 17:23, ׳א בְּשׂרָה2 Samuel 18:20, עֲצָתוֺ אִישׁhis counsellor Isaiah 40:13, compare חֶרְמִי אִישׁ1 Kings 20:42, ׳א רֵעִיםProverbs 18:24; often distributive = each, every Genesis 9:5; 10:5; 40:5 (twice in verse); Exodus 12:3 +; including women Job 42:11; 1 Chronicles 16:3 כִּכַּרלֶֿחֶם לְאִישׁ אִשָּׁה וְעַד מֵאִישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל לְכָלאִֿישׁ וַיְחַלֵּק‎; of inanimate things 1 Kings 7:30, 36; also אִישׁ אִישׁExodus 36:4; Numbers 4:19, 49; Ezekiel 14:4, 7 +; any one Exodus 34:3 (twice in verse); 34:24 +; also אִישׁ אִישׁLeviticus 15:2; 22:4, 18 +; of gods 2 Kings 18:33 = Isaiah 36:18; one...another אֶתקְֿרֹבוֺ וְאִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶתאָֿחִיו אִישֿׁ וְהִרְגוּExodus 32:27, אָחִיו ֗֗֗ אִישׁDeuteronomy 1:16; Micah 7:2 (see אָח‎), אִישׁרֵ֗֗֗עֵהוּGenesis 11:3, 7 + (see רֵעַ‎) of inanimate things 15:10.