ish-boshet (Ish-bosheth)

Meaning

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.2.8

How it's translated

bosheth 11
ish- 10
and for ish- 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

2 Samuel 10

1 book in all.

Explore in Scripture

2 Samuel 2:10Ishbosheth Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
2 Samuel 2:12And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
2 Samuel 2:15Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
2 Samuel 3:8Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
2 Samuel 3:14And David sent messengers to Ishbosheth Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
2 Samuel 3:15And Ishbosheth sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.

All 10 verses, by book

2 Samuel 10: 2:8 2:10 2:12 2:15 3:8 3:14 3:15 4:5 4:8 4:12

Hebrew dictionary

אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת ish-boshet · Ish-bosheth

A man of the tribe of Benjamin living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.2.8; son of: Saul (H7586G); brother of: Jonathan (H3083H), Abinadab (H0041H), Malchi-shua (H4444), Merab (H4764), Michal (H4324), Armoni (H0764), Mephibosheth (H4648H) Also named: esh.ba.al (אֶשְׁבַּעַל "Eshbaal" H0792) § Ishbosheth = "man of shame" surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).