Strong H3459יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי
Ishmaelite
- Transliteration
- yishmâ‛ê'lîy
- Pronunciation
- yish-maw-ay-lee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patronymic from H3458; a Jishmaelite or descendant of Jishmael: - Ishmaelite.
Detailed definition
Someone descended from Ishmael who was a man of Arabia living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.16.11;
son of: Abraham (H85) and Hagar (H1904);
half-brother of: Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744);
father of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258)
Group of yish.ma.el (יִשְׁמָעֵאל "Ishmael" H3458)
son of: Abraham (H85) and Hagar (H1904);
half-brother of: Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744);
father of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258)
Group of yish.ma.el (יִשְׁמָעֵאל "Ishmael" H3458)
In the biblical story
Ishmael
Son of Abraham and Hagar; father of Arab tribes.
Ishmael, the son of Abraham and Hagar, was the ancestor of various Arab tribes. Though not the chosen heir, he was still blessed by God (Gen.16; 17; 25).
In the Bible
Strong H3459 appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ishmeelites4
- ishmaelites2
- ishmaelite1
- ishmeelite1
First verses
- Genesis 37:25And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.
- Genesis 37:27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
- Genesis 37:28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Genesis 39:1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
- Judges 8:24And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
- 1 Chronicles 2:17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
- 1 Chronicles 27:30Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
- Psalms 83:6The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes;