Strong H7027H7027Jקִישׁ
Kish
One of the 4 senses of Strong H7027
- Transliteration
- qîysh
- Pronunciation
- keesh
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Est.2.5;
father of: Shimei (H8096U)
father of: Shimei (H8096U)
Meaning of the name
Kish = "bent"
General definition
From H6983; a bow;
{Kish} the name of five Israelites: - Kish.
{Kish} the name of five Israelites: - Kish.
In the biblical story
Kish
An ancestor of Mordecai
Kish, a Benjamite, was an ancestor of Mordecai, the cousin and guardian of Queen Esther.
In the Bible
Strong H7027J appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- kish1
First verses
- Esther 2:5Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;