Bible dictionaries
Ishmeelites
What Bible dictionaries say about “Ishmeelites”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Ishmeelites - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)
(Gen. 37:28; 39:1, A.V.) should be "Ishmaelites," as in the Revised Version.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
ish'-me-el-its (yishme`e'li).
See ISHMAELITES.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915