Yishmaʻyâh — H3460

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jishmajah, the name of two Israelites

1. Ishmaiah = "Jehovah will hear"
2. a Gibeonite and one of David's mighty warriors
3. a son of Obadiah and the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun in the time of king David

Usually translated as

Ishmaiah

Origin

or Yishmaʻyâhûw; from H8085 and H3050; Jah will hear

• Derived from Shâmaʻ (H8085)
• Derived from Yâhh (H3050)

Occurrences

Yishmaʻyâh occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (2)

• 1 Chronicles 12:4 — And Ismaiah (וְיִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֧ה) the Gibeonite, a mighty man among the thirty, and over the thirty; and Jeremiah, and Jahaziel, and Johanan, and Josabad the Gederathite,
• 1 Chronicles 27:19 — Of Zebulun, Ishmaiah (יִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖הוּ) the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel: