ʼÎysh-Ṭôwb — H382

Definition

locative proper noun

Ish-Tob, a place in Palestine

1. Ishtob = "man of Tob"
2. a region beyond Jordan, north or northeast of Gilead

Usually translated as

Ish-tob

Origin

from H376 and H2897; man of Tob

• Derived from ʼîysh (H376)
• Derived from Ṭôwb (H2897)

Occurrences

ʼÎysh-Ṭôwb occurs 2 times in the King James.

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

• 2 Samuel 10:6 — And when the children of Ammon saw that they stank before David, the children of Ammon sent and hired the Syrians of Beth-rehob, and the Syrians of Zoba, twenty thousand footmen, and of king Maacah a thousand men, and of Ish-tob twelve thousand men.
• 2 Samuel 10:8 — And the children of Ammon came out, and put the battle in array at the entering in of the gate: and the Syrians of Zoba, and of Rehob, and Ish-tob, and Maacah, were by themselves in the field.