Qîysh — H7027

H7027 · Hebrew — קיש

Pronunciation: keesh

Definition

masculine proper noun

Kish, the name of five Israelites

  1. Kish = "bent"
  2. a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul
  3. an ancestor of Mordecai
  4. son of Gibeon and brother of Abdon, Zur, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; uncle of Kish the father of king Saul
  5. a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari the progenitor of the family
  6. a Merarite Levite, son of Abdi in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah

Usually translated as

Kish

Origin

from H6983; a bow

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Qîysh occurs 21 times in 17 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (1), 1 Chronicles (9), 2 Chronicles (1), Esther (1)

Strong's Lexicon — Q