Ishmaelite
יִשְׁמְעֵאלִיStrong’s H3459yishmaeli (yish-ma-e-li)
Appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Yishmaeli is the Hebrew word usually translated “ishmaelites” and “ishmaelite”. It appears in 8 verses of the Old Testament.
“And they sat down to eat bread: and they lifted up their eyes and looked, and, behold, a company of Ishmeelites came from Gilead with their camels bearing spicery and balm and myrrh, going to carry it down to Egypt.”
Meaning
- Someone descended from Ishmael who was a man of Arabia living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.16.11
How it's translated
- ishmaelites 2
- to the ishmaelites 2
- the ishmaelite 2
- the ishmaelites 1
- and ishmaelites 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Genesis 4
- 1 Chronicles 2
- Judges 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 37:27Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmeelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brethren were content.
- Genesis 37:28Then there passed by Midianites merchantmen; and they drew and lifted up Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
- Genesis 39:1And Joseph was brought down to Egypt; and Potiphar, an officer of Pharaoh, captain of the guard, an Egyptian, bought him of the hands of the Ishmeelites, which had brought him down thither.
- Judges 8:24And Gideon said unto them, I would desire a request of you, that ye would give me every man the earrings of his prey. (For they had golden earrings, because they were Ishmaelites.)
- 1 Chronicles 2:17And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
- 1 Chronicles 27:30Over the camels also was Obil the Ishmaelite: and over the asses was Jehdeiah the Meronothite:
Hebrew dictionary
יִשְׁמְעֵאלִי yishmaeli · Ishmaelite
Someone descended from Ishmael who was a man of Arabia living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.16.11; son of: Abraham (H0085) and Hagar (H1904); half-brother of: Isaac (H3327), Zimran (H2175), Jokshan (H3370), Medan (H4091), Midian (H4080), Ishbak (H3435) and Shuah (H7744); father of: Nebaioth (H5032), Kedar (H6938), Adbeel (H0110), Mibsam (H4017), Mishma (H4927), Dumah (H1746), Massa (H4854), Hadad (H2301), Tema (H8485), Jetur (H3195), Naphish (H5305), Kedemah (H6929) and Mahalath (H4258) Group of yish.ma.el (יִשְׁמָעֵאל "Ishmael" H3458) …
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.