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Iscah

יִסְכָּהStrong’s H3252

yiskah (yis-kah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Yiskah is the Hebrew word usually translated “iscah”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram’s wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor’s wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah.”
Genesis 11:29 KJV
Meaning
  1. A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.11.29
How it's translated
  • iscah 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Genesis 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    יִסְכָּה yiskah · Iscah

    A woman living at the time of the Patriarchs, only mentioned at Gen.11.29; daughter of: Haran (H2039); sister of: Lot (H3876) and Milcah (H4435) § Iscah = "one who looks forth" daughter of Haran, niece of Abraham, sister of Lot and Milcah

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

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.