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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #378 - אִישׁ־בּשֶׁת

Transliteration

ʼÎysh-Bôsheth

Phonetics

eesh-bo'-sheth

Origin

from (H376) and (G1322)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Ishbosheth = "man of shame"
1. surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (11)

2 Samuel 11

BSB (11)

2 Samuel 22

CSB (11)

2 Samuel 11

ESV (11)

2 Samuel 11

KJV (11)

2 Samuel 11

LEB (11)

2 Samuel 11

LSB (11)

2 Samuel 11

N95 (11)

2 Samuel 11

NAS (11)

2 Samuel 11

NLT (0)

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

WEB (11)

2 Samuel 11

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

אִישׁבּֿ֫שֶׁת proper name, masculine Ishbosheth (for אִישׁבַּעַל man of Baal see בּשֶׁת, בַּעַל & Di^{ή βααλ MBAk, June 1881})

1 son of Saul, & king of Israel, with David as rival 2 Samuel 2:8,10,12,15; 2 Samuel 3:8,14,15; 2 Samuel 4:5,8 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 4:12; also 2 Samuel 4:1; 2 Samuel 4:2 ᵐ5 Dr compare We; = אֶשְׁבָּ֑עַל 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39; compare also

2 2 Samuel 23:8, where read אשׁבשׁת for ישׁב בשׁבת so ᵐ5 We Dr; one of David's heroes; see יָשָׁבְעָם 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 27:2.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

אִישׁ־בּשֶׁת (“man of shame,” i.e. shaming himself, perhaps bashful), [Ish-bosheth], pr.n. of a son of Saul, who after the death of his father and brothers governed eleven tribes for two years in opposition to David. -2Sa 24:1-25.

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List of Word Forms

בֹּ֑שֶׁת בֹּ֔שֶׁת בֹּ֗שֶׁת בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙ בֹּ֣שֶׁת בֹּ֥שֶׁת בשת bō·šeṯ bōšeṯ boshet