Definition
masculine noun
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- man
- man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
- husband
- human being, person (in contrast to God)
- servant
- mankind
- champion
- great man
- whosoever
- each (adjective)
“Man” serves as a distributive pronoun, “every man”, “each” (Gen 44:11); “a man … his neighbour” means “one … another” (Gen 11:3, “they said one to another”).
Usually translated as
man, one, husband, a certain, whosoever, any, none, another, each, person, soever, he, champion, husbandman, people, whoso, consent, goodman, high, mankind, steward, worthy, also, every, fellow, footman, him, what
Occurrences
ʼîysh occurs 2,151 times in 1,838 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (136), Exodus (81), Leviticus (76), Numbers (104), Deuteronomy (77), Joshua (58), Judges (152), Ruth (18), 1 Samuel (166), 2 Samuel (110), 1 Kings (75), 2 Kings (101), 1 Chronicles (35), 2 Chronicles (51), Ezra (14), Nehemiah (42), Esther (16), Job (40), Psalms (41), Proverbs (88), Ecclesiastes (8), Song of Songs (3), Isaiah (55), Jeremiah (140), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (77), Daniel (8), Hosea (9), Joel (3), Amos (3), Obadiah (2), Jonah (8), Micah (7), Nahum (1), Zephaniah (4), Haggai (3), Zechariah (21), Malachi (4)
- Genesis 2:23 — And Adam said, This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh: she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man (מֵאִ֖ישׁ).
- Genesis 2:24 — Therefore shall a man (אִ֔ישׁ) leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
- Genesis 3:6 — And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband (לְאִישָׁ֛הּ) with her; and he did eat.
- Genesis 3:16 — Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband (אִישֵׁךְ֙), and he shall rule over thee.
- Genesis 4:1 — And Adam knew Eve his wife; and she conceived, and bare Cain, and said, I have gotten a man (אִ֖ישׁ) from the LORD.
- Genesis 4:23 — And Lamech said unto his wives, Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice; ye wives of Lamech, hearken unto my speech: for I have slain a man (אִ֤ישׁ) to my wounding, and a young man to my hurt.
- Genesis 6:4 — There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men which were of old, men of renown.
- Genesis 6:9 — These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man (אִ֥ישׁ) and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.
- Genesis 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male (אִ֣ישׁ) and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male and his female.
- Genesis 7:2 — Of every clean beast thou shalt take to thee by sevens, the male and his female: and of beasts that are not clean by two, the male (אִ֥ישׁ) and his female.
- Genesis 9:5 — And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man’s (אִ֣ישׁ) brother will I require the life of man.
- Genesis 9:20 — And Noah began to be an husbandman (אִ֣ישׁ), and he planted a vineyard:
- Genesis 10:5 — By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one (אִ֖ישׁ) after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
- Genesis 11:3 — And they said one (אִ֣ישׁ) to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
- Genesis 11:7 — Go to, let us go down, and there confound their language, that they may not understand one (אִ֖ישׁ) another’s speech.
- Genesis 12:20 — And Pharaoh commanded his men concerning him: and they sent him away, and his wife, and all that he had.
- Genesis 13:11 — Then Lot chose him all the plain of Jordan; and Lot journeyed east: and they separated themselves the one (אִ֖ישׁ) from the other.
- Genesis 13:13 — But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinners before the LORD exceedingly.
- Genesis 13:16 — And I will make thy seed as the dust of the earth: so that if a man (אִ֗ישׁ) can number the dust of the earth, then shall thy seed also be numbered.
- Genesis 14:24 — Save only that which the young men have eaten, and the portion of the men which went with me, Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre; let them take their portion.
- Genesis 15:10 — And he took unto him all these, and divided them in the midst, and laid each (אִישׁ) piece one against another: but the birds divided he not.
- Genesis 16:3 — And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband (אִישָׁ֖הּ) Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 17:23 — And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all that were born in his house, and all that were bought with his money, every male among the men of Abraham’s house; and circumcised the flesh of their foreskin in the selfsame day, as God had said unto him.
- Genesis 17:27 — And all the men of his house, born in the house, and bought with money of the stranger, were circumcised with him.
- Genesis 18:2 — And he lift up his eyes and looked, and, lo, three men stood by him: and when he saw them, he ran to meet them from the tent door, and bowed himself toward the ground,
- Genesis 18:16 — And the men rose up from thence, and looked toward Sodom: and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way.
- Genesis 18:22 — And the men turned their faces from thence, and went toward Sodom: but Abraham stood yet before the LORD.
- Genesis 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
- Genesis 19:4 — But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
- Genesis 19:5 — And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
- Genesis 19:8 — Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man (אִ֔ישׁ); let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
- Genesis 19:8 — Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men (אִ֔ישׁ) do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
- Genesis 19:9 — And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man (בָאִ֤ישׁ), even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 19:10 — But the men put forth their hand, and pulled Lot into the house to them, and shut to the door.
- Genesis 19:11 — And they smote the men that were at the door of the house with blindness, both small and great: so that they wearied themselves to find the door.
- Genesis 19:12 — And the men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides? son in law, and thy sons, and thy daughters, and whatsoever thou hast in the city, bring them out of this place:
- Genesis 19:16 — And while he lingered, the men laid hold upon his hand, and upon the hand of his wife, and upon the hand of his two daughters; the LORD being merciful unto him: and they brought him forth, and set him without the city.
- Genesis 19:31 — And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man (וְאִ֨ישׁ) in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth:
- Genesis 20:7 — Now therefore restore the man (הָאִישׁ֙) his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
- Genesis 20:8 — Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.
- Genesis 23:6 — Hear us, my lord: thou art a mighty prince among us: in the choice of our sepulchres bury thy dead; none (אִ֣ישׁ) of us shall withhold from thee his sepulchre, but that thou mayest bury thy dead.
- Genesis 24:13 — Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:
- Genesis 24:16 — And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man (וְאִ֖ישׁ) known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
- Genesis 24:21 — And the man (וְהָאִ֥ישׁ) wondering at her held his peace, to wit whether the LORD had made his journey prosperous or not.
- Genesis 24:22 — And it came to pass, as the camels had done drinking, that the man (הָאִישׁ֙) took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold;
- Genesis 24:26 — And the man (הָאִ֔ישׁ) bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.
- Genesis 24:29 — And Rebekah had a brother, and his name was Laban: and Laban ran out unto the man (הָאִ֛ישׁ), unto the well.
- Genesis 24:30 — And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man (הָאִ֑ישׁ) unto me; that he came unto the man; and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
- Genesis 24:30 — And it came to pass, when he saw the earring and bracelets upon his sister’s hands, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus spake the man unto me; that he came unto the man (הָאִ֔ישׁ); and, behold, he stood by the camels at the well.
- Genesis 24:32 — And the man (הָאִישׁ֙) came into the house: and he ungirded his camels, and gave straw and provender for the camels, and water to wash his feet, and the men’s feet that were with him.