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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 Box Gen 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:11 - And the Angel of the LORD said to her:

“Behold, you are with child,
And you shall bear a son.
You shall call his name Ishmael,
Because the LORD has heard your affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:15

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:15 - So Hagar bore Abram a son; and Abram named his son, whom Hagar bore, Ishmael.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:18 - And Abraham said to God, “Oh, that Ishmael might live before You!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:20 - “And as for Ishmael, I have heard you. Behold, I have blessed him, and will make him fruitful, and will multiply him exceedingly. He shall beget twelve princes, and I will make him a great nation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:23 - So Abraham took Ishmael his son, all who were born in his house and all who were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house, and circumcised the flesh of their foreskins that very same day, as God had said to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:25 - And Ishmael his son was thirteen years old when he was circumcised in the flesh of his foreskin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 17:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:26 - That very same day Abraham was circumcised, and his son Ishmael;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:9 - And his sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - Now this is the genealogy of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:13 - And these were the names of the sons of Ishmael, by their names, according to their generations: The firstborn of Ishmael, Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:16 - These were the sons of Ishmael and these were their names, by their towns and their settlements, twelve princes according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:17 - These were the years of the life of Ishmael: one hundred and thirty-seven years; and he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:9

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:3 - and Basemath, Ishmael’s daughter, sister of Nebajoth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:23 - Now when all the captains of the armies, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had made Gedaliah governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan the son of Careah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah[fn] the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 25:25 - But it happened in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family, came with ten men and struck and killed Gedaliah, the Jews, as well as the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:28

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 1:29 - These are their genealogies: The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebajoth; then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 1:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38 - Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:44 - And Azel had six sons whose names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:11 - “And take notice: Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD; and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, for all the king’s matters; also the Levites will be officials before you. Behave courageously, and the LORD will be with the good.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:1 - In the seventh year Jehoiada strengthened himself, and made a covenant 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 Box Ezr 10:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:8 - then they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah[fn] the son of a Maachathite, they and their men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:14 - and said to him, “Do you certainly know that Baalis the king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael the son of Nethaniah to murder you?” But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam did not believe them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:15 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah spoke secretly to Gedaliah in Mizpah, saying, “Let me go, please, and I will kill Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and no one will know it. Why should he murder you, so that all the Jews who are gathered to you would be scattered, and the remnant in Judah perish?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 40:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 40:16 - But Gedaliah the son of Ahikam said to Johanan the son of Kareah, “You shall not do this thing, for you speak falsely concerning Ishmael.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:1 - Now it came to pass in the seventh month that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the royal family and of the officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. And there they ate bread together in Mizpah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:2 - Then Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, and the ten men who were with him, arose and struck Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him whom the king of Babylon had made governor over the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:3 - Ishmael also struck down all the Jews who were with him, that is, with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldeans who were found there, the men of war.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:6 - Now Ishmael the son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went along; and it happened as he met them that he said to them, “Come to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:7 - So it was, when they came into the midst of the city, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah killed them and cast them into the midst of a pit, he and the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:8 - But ten men were found among them who said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have treasures of wheat, barley, oil, and honey in the field.” So he desisted and did not kill them among their brethren.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:9 - Now the pit into which Ishmael had cast all the dead bodies of the men whom he had slain, because of Gedaliah, was the same one Asa the king had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael the son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:10 - Then Ishmael carried away captive all the rest of the people who were in Mizpah, the king’s daughters and all the people who remained in Mizpah, whom Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had committed to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam. And Ishmael the son of Nethaniah carried them away captive and departed to go over to the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:11

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:12 - they took all the men and went to fight with Ishmael the son of Nethaniah; and they found him by the great pool that is in Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:13

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:14 - Then all the people whom Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned around and came back, and went to Johanan the son of Kareah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:15 - But Ishmael the son of Nethaniah escaped from Johanan with eight men and went to the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:16 - Then Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, took from Mizpah all the rest of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah after he had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam—the mighty men of war and the women and the children and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 41:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 41:18 - because of the Chaldeans; for they were afraid of them, because Ishmael the son of Nethaniah had murdered Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had made governor in the land.
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