Ishi

Smith’s Bible Dictionary · William Smith, F. N. Peloubet, M. A. Peloubet

(my husband). This word occurs in (Hosea 2:16) It is the Israelite term, in opposition to Baali, the Canaanite term, with the same meaning, though with a significance of its own.

Additional entry

(salutary).
  1. A man of the descendants of Judah, son of Appaim, (1 Chronicles 2:31) one of the great house of Hezron.
  2. In a subsequent genealogy of Judah we find another Ishi, with a son Zoheth. (1 Chronicles 4:20)
  3. Head of a family of the tribe of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:42)
  4. One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24)

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William Smith; revised by F. N. Peloubet and M. A. Peloubet; CrossWire SWORD module Smith 1.3

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