Strong H8664תִּשְׁבִּי
Tishbite
- Transliteration
- tishbîy
- Pronunciation
- tish-bee'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location in Gentilic sense
Definition
Patrial from an unused name meaning recourse; a Tishbite or inhabitant of Tishbeh (in Gilead): - Tishbite.
Meaning of the name
Tishbite = "captivity"
Detailed definition
Group of tish.beh (תִּשְׁבֶּה "Tishbe" H8453B)
In the biblical story
Tishbe
Hometown of the prophet Elijah
Tishbe (or Tishbite), the hometown of the prophet Elijah, located in Gilead (1 Kgs. 17:1; 21:17, 28; 2 Kgs. 1:3, 8; 9:36).
In the Bible
Strong H8664 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tishbite6
First verses
- 1 Kings 17:1And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the inhabitants of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As the Lord God of Israel liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
- 1 Kings 21:17And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
- 1 Kings 21:28And the word of the Lord came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,
- 2 Kings 1:3But the angel of the Lord said to Elijah the Tishbite, Arise, go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria, and say unto them, Is it not because there is not a God in Israel, that ye go to enquire of Baal–zebub the god of Ekron?
- 2 Kings 1:8And they answered him, He was an hairy man, and girt with a girdle of leather about his loins. And he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.
- 2 Kings 9:36Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel: