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Lexicon :: Strong's H3458 - yišmāʿē'l

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יִשְׁמָעֵאל
Transliteration
yišmāʿē'l
Pronunciation
yish-maw-ale'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יִשְׁמָעֵאל Yishmâʻêʼl, yish-maw-ale'; from H8085 and H410; God will hear; Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites:—Ishmael.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x

The KJV translates Strong's H3458 in the following manner: Ishmael (48x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 48x
The KJV translates Strong's H3458 in the following manner: Ishmael (48x).

  1. Ishmael = "God will hear"

    1. son of Abraham and Sarah's handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples

    2. son of Nethaniah and the murderer of Gedaliah

    3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Azel a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth

    4. a Judaite, father of Zebadiah

    5. a Judaite, son of Johanan and one of the captains who aided Jehoiada in restoring Joash to the throne

    6. a priest of the family of Pashur with a foreign wife whom he was forced to put away by Ezra

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשְׁמָעֵאל Yishmâʻêʼl, yish-maw-ale'; from H8085 and H410; God will hear; Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites:—Ishmael.
STRONGS H3458: Abbreviations
יִשְׁמָעֵאל 48 proper name, masculine Ēl heareth; Sabean יסמעאל Hal187; on from compare LagBN 131); —
1. son of Abraham and Hagar Genesis 16:11 (name explanation רגו׳ שָׁמַע י׳), Genesis 16:15. 16 + 11 times Genesis 17; 25, Genesis 28:9 (twice in verse); Genesis 36:3; 1 Chronicles 1:28, 29, 31; Ισμαηλ
2. usually Ισμαηλ: murderer of Gedaliah Jeremiah 41:8; Jeremiah 40:14, 15, 16 + 17 times Jeremiah 41; 2 Kings 25:23, 25 (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ισραηλ !).
3. in Benjamin 1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:44.
4. in Judah:
a. 2 Chronicles 19:11.
b. 2 Chronicles 23:1.
5. Jew with foreign wife Ezra 10:22, Σαμαηλ, A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ισμαηλ.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:11; 16:15; 16:16; 17; 25; 28:9; 36:3

2 Kings

25:23; 25:25

1 Chronicles

1:28; 1:29; 1:31; 8:38; 9:44

2 Chronicles

19:11; 23:1

Ezra

10:22

Jeremiah

40:14; 40:15; 40:16; 41; 41:8

H3458

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3458 matches the Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yišmāʿē'l),
which occurs 48 times in 44 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - And the angel of the Lord said, See, you are with child and will give birth to a son, to whom you will give the name Ishmael, because the ears of the Lord were open to your sorrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:16 - Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar gave birth to Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18 - And Abraham said to God, If only Ishmael's life might be your care!

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - As for Ishmael, I have given ear to your prayer: truly I have given him my blessing and I will make him fertile and give him great increase; he will be the father of twelve chiefs, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - And Abraham took Ishmael, his son, and all whose birth had taken place in his house, and all his servants whom he had made his for a price, every male of his house, and on that very day he gave them circumcision in the flesh of their private parts as God had said to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - And Ishmael, his son, was thirteen years old when he underwent circumcision.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 - Abraham and Ishmael, his son, underwent circumcision on that very day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - And Isaac and Ishmael, his sons, put him to rest in the hollow rock of Machpelah, in the field of Ephron, the son of Zohar the Hittite, near Mamre;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - These are the names of the sons of Ishmael by their generations: Ishmael's first son was Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These are the sons of Ishmael, and these are their names in their towns and their tent-circles; twelve chiefs with their peoples.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - And the years of Ishmael's life were a hundred and thirty-seven: and he came to his end, and was put to rest with his people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:9 - So Esau went to Ishmael and took Mahalath, the daughter of Abraham's son Ishmael, the sister of Nebaioth, to be his wife in addition to the wives he had.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - And Basemath, Ishmael's daughter, the sister of Nebaioth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - Now the captains of the armed forces, hearing that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah ruler, came with their men to Gedaliah at Mizpah; Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah, the son of the Maacathite, came with all their men.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But in the seventh month, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, came with ten men and made an attack on Gedaliah, causing his death and the death of the Jews and the Chaldaeans who were with him at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:28 - The sons of Abraham: Isaac and Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:29 - These are their generations: the oldest son of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar and Adbeel and Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:31 - Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38 - And Azel had five sons, whose names are: Azrikam, his oldest, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:44 - And Azel had five sons, whose names are: Azrikam, his oldest son, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - And now, Amariah, the chief priest, is over you in all questions to do with the Lord; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the head of the family of Judah, in everything to do with the king's business; and the Levites will be overseers for you. Be strong to do the work; and may the Lord be with the upright.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 - In the seventh year, Jehoiada made himself strong, and made an agreement with the captains of hundreds, Azariah, the son of Jeroham, Ishmael, the son of Jehohanan, Azariah, the son of Obed, Maaseiah, the son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat, the son of Zichri.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:22 - And of the sons of Pashhur, Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:8 - Then they came to Gedaliah in Mizpah, even Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and Seraiah, the son of Tanhumeth, and the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah, the son of the Maacathite, they and their men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - And said to him, Has it come to your knowledge that Baalis, the king of the children of Ammon, has sent Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to take your life? But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, put no faith in what they said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, said to Gedaliah in Mizpah secretly, Let me now go and put Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, to death without anyone's knowledge: why let him take your life so that all the Jews who have come together to you may be sent in flight, and the rest of the men of Judah come to an end?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - But Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, said to Johanan, the son of Kareah, You are not to do this: for what you say about Ishmael is false.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - Now it came about in the seventh month that Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the king's seed, having with him ten men, came to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah; and they had a meal together in Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Then Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, got up, and attacking Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, put to death him whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - And Ishmael put to death all the Jews who were with him, even with Gedaliah, at Mizpah, and the Chaldaean men of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - And Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, went out from Mizpah with the purpose of meeting them, weeping on his way: and it came about that when he was face to face with them he said, Come to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - And when they came inside the town, Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and the men who were with him, put them to death and put their bodies into a deep hole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But there were ten men among them who said to Ishmael, Do not put us to death, for we have secret stores, in the country, of grain and oil and honey. So he did not put them to death with their countrymen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the hole into which Ishmael had put the dead bodies of the men whom he had put to death, was the great hole which Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha, king of Israel: and Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, made it full of the bodies of those who had been put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael took away as prisoners all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king's daughters and all the people still in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan, the captain of the armed men, had put under the care of Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam: Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, took them away prisoners with the purpose of going over to the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:11 - But when Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the armed forces who were with him, had news of all the evil which Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had done,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12 - They took their men and went out to make war on Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, and they came face to face with him by the great waters in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:13 - Now when all the people who were with Ishmael saw Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces with him, then they were glad.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - And all the people whom Ishmael had taken away prisoners from Mizpah, turning round, came back and went to Johanan, the son of Kareah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:15 - But Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, got away from Johanan, with eight men, and went to the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces who were with him, took all the rest of the people whom Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had made prisoners, after he had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the people from Mizpah, that is, the men of war and the women and the children and the unsexed servants, whom he had taken back with him from Gibeon:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - Because of the Chaldaeans: for they were in fear of them because Ishmael, the son of Nethaniah, had put to death Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made ruler over the land.
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