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Ishmaiah

יִשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּStrong’s H3460

yishmayah (yish-ma-yah)

Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Yishmayah is the Hebrew word usually translated “ishmaiah”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.

“And Ismaiah the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,”
1 Chronicles 12:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. A Gibeonite and one of David's mighty warriors
  2. A son of Obadiah and the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun in the time of king David
  3. A Gibeonite and one of David's mighty warriors
  4. A son of Obadiah and the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun in the time of king David
How it's translated
  • and ishmaiah 1
  • ishmaiah 1

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

Where it's used most
  • 1 Chronicles 2

1 book in all.

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Hebrew dictionary

יִשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ yishmayah · Ishmaiah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.12.4 § Ishmaiah = "Jehovah will hear" 1) a Gibeonite and one of David's mighty warriors 2) a son of Obadiah and the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun in the time of king David

יִשְׁמַעְיָ֫הוּ yishmayah · Ishmaiah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.27.19; son of: Obadiah (H5662M) § Ishmaiah = "Jehovah will hear" 1) a Gibeonite and one of David's mighty warriors 2) a son of Obadiah and the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun in the time of king David

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.