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Strong's #3458 - יִשְׁמָעֵאל

Transliteration

Yishmâʻêʼl

Phonetics

yish-maw-ale'

Origin

from (H8085) and (H410)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ishmael = "God will hear"
1. son of Abraham and Sarah´s handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples
2. son of Nethaniah and the murderer of Gedaliah
3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Azel a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth
4. a Judaite, father of Zebadiah
5. a Judaite, son of Johanan and one of the captains who aided Jehoiada in restoring Joash to the throne
6. a priest of the family of Pashur with a foreign wife whom he was forced to put away by Ezra

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (47)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 20

BSB (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

CSB (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

ESV (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

KJV (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

LEB (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

LSB (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

N95 (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

NAS (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (48)

Genesis 17

2 Kings 2

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 2

Ezra 1

Jeremiah 21

ASV (47)

and as for ishmael 1

and ishmael 8

but ishmael 1

even ishmael 1

from ishmael 1

ishmael 12

ishmael's 1

of ishmael 10

of them, because ishmael 1

that ishmael 5

that were with ishmael 1

then ishmael 1

unto ishmael 2

wherein ishmael 1

with ishmael 1

BSB (48)

and ishmael 3

as for ishmael 1

but ishmael 1

from ishmael 1

him ishmael 1

ishmael 32

of ishmael 7

then ishmael 2

CSB (48)

him ishmael 1

ishmael 41

ishmael's 6

ESV (48)

ishmael 47

ishmael's 1

KJV (48)

ishmael 47

ishmael's 1

LEB (48)

and as for ishmael 1

and ishmael 6

but ishmael 1

even ishmael 1

ishmael 37

then ishmael 2

LSB (48)

ishmael 47

ishmael's 1

N95 (48)

ishmael 47

ishmael's 1

NAS (48)

ishmael 47

ishmael's 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (48)

and ishmael 6

as for ishmael 1

but ishmael 1

even ishmael 1

from ishmael 1

in which ishmael 1

ishmael 14

of ishmael 10

that ishmael 4

then ishmael 1

to ishmael 2

who ishmael 1

who were with ishmael 1

with ishmael 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

יִשְׁמָעֵאל₄₈ proper name, masculine El heareth; Sabean יסמעאל Hal¹⁸⁷; on from compare Lag^{BN 131}); —

1 son of Abraham and Hagar Genesis 16:11 (name explanation ׳רגו׳שָׁמַע י), Genesis 16:15. 16 11t. Genesis 17..25, Genesis 28:9 (twice in verse); Genesis 36:3; 1 Chronicles 1:28,29,31; Ισμαηλ

2 usually Ισμαηλ: murderer of Gedaliah Jeremiah 41:8; Jeremiah 40:14,15,16 17t. Jeremiah 41; 2 Kings 25:23,25 (ᵐ5^L Ισραηλ !).

3 in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:44.

4 in Judah:

a. 2 Chronicles 19:11.

b. 2 Chronicles 23:1.

5 Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:22, Σαμαηλ, A ᵐ5^L Ισμαηλ.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

יִשְׁמָעֵאל (“whom God hears”), Ishmael, pr.n. borne by

(1) the son of Abraham, by Hagar his concubine, the ancestor of many Arabian tribes, -Gen. 25:1218. Hence patron. יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי 1 Chronicles 2:17, 27:30 pl. ־ִים Arabs descended from Ishmael, trading with Egypt (Genesis 37:25, 27 Genesis 37:27, 39:1 ), wandering as nomades from the east of the Hebrews, and from Egypt as far as the Persian gulf and Assyria (i.e. Babylonia), Genesis 25:18, which same limits are elsewhere (1 Samuel 25:7) assigned to the Amalekites, Judges 8:24 (compare verse 22 Judges 8:22); Psalms 83:7.

(2) the killer of Gedaliah, Jerem. 40 and 41.

(3) several others, 1 Chronicles 8:38; 2 Chronicles 23:1; Ezra 10:22.

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List of Word Forms

וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל וְיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֮ וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל וישמעאל וישמעאל׃ ולישמעאל יִ֠שְׁמָעֵאל יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אל יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל יִשְׁמָעֵ֜אל יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אל יִשְׁמָעֵ֥אל יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙ ישמעאל ישמעאל׃ ū·lə·yiš·mā·‘êl uleyishmaeL ūləyišmā‘êl veyishmaEl wə·yiš·mā·‘êl wəyišmā‘êl yiš·mā·‘êl yishmaEl yišmā‘êl