ʼÎysh-Bôsheth — H378

Definition

masculine proper noun

Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul

1. Ishbosheth = "man of shame"
2. surviving son of Saul, king of Israel for 7 years while David was king over Judah; succeeded by David who united the kingdom

Usually translated as

Ish-bosheth

Origin

from H376 and H1322; man of shame

• Derived from ʼîysh (H376)
• Derived from Bôsheth (H1322)

Occurrences

ʼÎysh-Bôsheth occurs 11 times in 10 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (10)

• 2 Samuel 2:8 — But Abner the son of Ner, captain of Saul’s host, took Ish-bosheth (אִ֥ישׁ) the son of Saul, and brought him over to Mahanaim;
• 2 Samuel 2:10 — Ish-bosheth (אִֽישׁ) Saul’s son was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years. But the house of Judah followed David.
• 2 Samuel 2:12 — And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth (אִֽישׁ) the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.
• 2 Samuel 2:15 — Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ish-bosheth (וּלְאִ֥ישׁ) the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.
• 2 Samuel 3:8 — Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ish-bosheth (אִֽישׁ), and said, Am I a dog’s head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
• 2 Samuel 3:14 — And David sent messengers to Ish-bosheth (אִֽישׁ) Saul’s son, saying, Deliver me my wife Michal, which I espoused to me for an hundred foreskins of the Philistines.
• 2 Samuel 3:15 — And Ish-bosheth (אִ֣ישׁ) sent, and took her from her husband, even from Phaltiel the son of Laish.
• 2 Samuel 4:5 — And the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, Rechab and Baanah, went, and came about the heat of the day to the house of Ish-bosheth (אִ֣ישׁ), who lay on a bed at noon.
• 2 Samuel 4:8 — And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth (בֹּ֥שֶׁת) unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
• 2 Samuel 4:8 — And they brought the head of Ish-bosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ish-bosheth (אִֽישׁ) the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
• 2 Samuel 4:12 — And David commanded his young men, and they slew them, and cut off their hands and their feet, and hanged them up over the pool in Hebron. But they took the head of Ish-bosheth (אִֽישׁ), and buried it in the sepulchre of Abner in Hebron.