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Lexicon :: Strong's H378 - 'îš-bšeṯ

Aa
אִישׁ־בּשֶׁת
Transliteration
'îš-bšeṯ
Pronunciation
eesh-bo'-sheth
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: איש-בשת.

Strong’s Definitions

אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת ʼÎysh-Bôsheth, eesh-bo'-sheth; from H376 and H1322; man of shame; Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul:—Ish-bosheth.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H378 in the following manner: Ishbosheth (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H378 in the following manner: Ishbosheth (11x).

  1. 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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת ʼÎysh-Bôsheth, eesh-bo'-sheth; from H376 and H1322; man of shame; Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul:—Ish-bosheth.
STRONGS H378: Abbreviations
† אִישׁבּֿ֫שֶׁת proper name, masculine Ishbosheth (for אִישׁ בַּעַל man of Baal see בּשֶׁת, בַּעַל & Diή 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 Greek Version of the LXX Dr compare We; = אֶשְׁבָּ֑עַל [H792 1 Chronicles 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39]; compare also
2. 2 Samuel 23:8, where read אשׁבשׁת for ישׁב בשׁבת so Greek Version of the LXX We Dr; one of David's heroes; see יָשָׁבְעָם 1 Chronicles 11:11; 1 Chronicles 27:2.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

2:8; 2:10; 2:12; 2:15; 3:8; 3:14; 3:15; 4:1; 4:2; 4:5; 4:8; 4:12; 23:8

1 Chronicles

11:11; 27:2

H378

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H378 matches the Hebrew אִישׁ־בּשֶׁת ('îš-bšeṯ),
which occurs 22 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:8 -

Now [Saul’s cousin] Abner the son of Ner, commander of Saul’s army, had taken Ish-bosheth the son of Saul and brought him over to [fn]Mahanaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:10 - Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, was forty years old when he became king over Israel, and he reigned for two years. But the house of Judah followed David.

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Now Abner the son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:15 - So they stood up and went over by number, twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:8 - Then Abner was very angry at the words of Ish-bosheth, and he said, “Am I a dog’s head [a despicable traitor] that belongs to Judah? [fn]Today I show loyalty and kindness to the house of Saul your father, to his brothers and his friends, by not having you handed over to David; and yet you charge me today with guilt concerning this woman.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:14 - So David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth, Saul’s son, saying, “[fn]Give me my wife Michal, to whom I was [fn]betrothed for [the price of] a hundred foreskins of the Philistines.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:15 - So Ish-bosheth sent and took her from her husband, from Paltiel the son of Laish [to whom Saul had given her].

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So the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, left and came to the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day while he was taking his midday rest.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:8 - They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron, and said to the king, “Look, the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, your enemy, who sought your life; thus the LORD has granted my lord the king vengeance this day on Saul and on his descendants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 4:12 - So David commanded his young men, and they killed them and cut off their hands and feet and hung them beside the pool in Hebron. But they took Ish-bosheth’s head and buried it in Hebron in the tomb of Abner [his relative].
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