Word

קִישׁ

Qîysh · H7027 · Hebrew · proper noun · 21 occurrences

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This name belongs to 4 people

Meanings

Kish

A man of the tribe of Benjamin, son of Abiel and father of King Saul

Examples
1 Samuel 9:1 Now there was a man of Benjamin whose name was Kish the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, son of a Benjaminite, a valiant mighty man.
1 Samuel 9:3 Now the donkeys of Kish, Saul’s father, had wandered off. So Kish said to his son Saul, “Now take with you one of the servants and arise, go search for the donkeys.”
1 Samuel 10:11 And it came about, when all who previously knew him saw that he was indeed prophesying with the prophets, that the people said to one another, “What is this that has happened to the son of Kish? Is Saul also among the prophets?”
Kish

A man of the tribe of Benjamin, son of Jeiel and ancestor of King Saul

Examples
1 Chronicles 8:30 and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
1 Chronicles 9:36 and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
Kish

A Levite of the tribe of Levi, son of Mahli, in the time of King David

Examples
1 Chronicles 23:21 The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and Kish.
1 Chronicles 23:22 Eleazar died and had no sons, but only daughters; so their relatives, the sons of Kish, took them as wives.
1 Chronicles 24:29 By Kish: the sons of Kish, Jerahmeel.
Kish

A Levite of the tribe of Levi, son of Abdi, who cleansed the temple during the time of King Hezekiah

Examples
2 Chronicles 29:12 Then the Levites arose: Mahath the son of Amasai and Joel the son of Azariah, from the sons of the Kohathites; and from the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi and Azariah the son of Jehallelel; and from the Gershonites, Joah the son of Zimmah and Eden the son of Joah;
Kish

A man of the tribe of Benjamin and an ancestor of Mordecai

Examples
Esther 2:5 There was a Jew at the citadel in Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

How it’s used In 7 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Named alongside itApposition

5 occurrences in 4 groups

אָבfather 2
בֵּןson 2
גִּבּוֹרmighty man, warrior 1
אִישׁman, person, each 1

What it doesIt is the subject

3 occurrences in 2 groups

יָלַדto bear 2
אָמַרto say 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

יָלַדto bear 2

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

אָבfather 1
בֵּןson 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

בֵּןson 1
שֵׁםname 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 1 groups

לto/for 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

8 occurrences in 2 groups

בֵּןson 7
קֶבֶרgrave, tomb 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

Names of People003001007: This is the personal name Kish, a valiant Benjaminite and the father of Saul, Israel's first king (1 Samuel 9:1, 3, 14:51).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7027. Qish קִישׁ proper name, masculine (probably *קַיְשְׁ Arabic Aramaic קישׁא NöZMG xi…

H7027. Qish
קִישׁ proper name, masculine (probably *קַיְשְׁ Arabic Aramaic קישׁא NöZMG xi (1896), 167 originally proper name, of deity as Arabic which now only in proper name, of person WeHeid. 2. 67); — K(ε)ις:
1 father of Saul 1Sa 9:1, 1Sa 9:3(twice in verse); 1Sa 10:11, 1Sa 10:21; 1Sa 14:51; 2Sa 21:14; 1Ch 8:30, 1Ch 8:33 (where read אַבְנֵר Be Kau Kit), 1Ch 8:33 = 1Ch 9:36, 1Ch 9:39 (read as above), 1Ch 9:39; 1Ch 12:1; 1Ch 26:28.
2 Levites :
a. 1Ch 23:21-22, 1Ch 24:29 (twice in verse).
b.2Ch 29:12.
3 ancestor of Mordecai Est 2:5 (Κεισαίου).

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Names of People21 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0