Strong H4188מוּשִׁי

Mushite

Transliteration
mûshîy
Pronunciation
moo-shee'
Morphology
Proper Name of a Person in Gentilic sense

Definition

Patronymic from H4187; a Mushite (collectively) or descendant of Mushi: - Mushites.

Detailed definition

Someone descended from Mushi who was a man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at Exo.6.19;
son of: Merari (H4847);
brother of: Mahli (H4249) and Jaaziah (H3269);
father of: Mahli (H4249H), Eder (H5740A) and Jerimoth (H3406K)
Group of mu.shi (מוּשִׁי "Mushi" H4187)

In the biblical story

Mushi

A Levite, son of Merari, and head of a clan.

Mushi was a son of Merari and a grandson of Levi, who became the head of the Mushite clan within the Levitical tribe.

In the Bible

Strong H4188 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • mushites2

First verses

  1. Numbers 3:33
    Of Merari was the family of the Mahlites, and the family of the Mushites: these are the families of Merari.
  2. Numbers 26:58
    These are the families of the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begat Amram.
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