ʼish — H786

Definition

substantive adverb

entity, used only adverbially, there is or are

1. there is, there are

Usually translated as

are there, none can

Origin

identical (in origin and formation) with H784

• ʼêsh (H784)

Occurrences

ʼish occurs 2 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (1), Micah (1)

• 2 Samuel 14:19 — And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn (אִ֣שׁ) to the right hand or to the left from ought that my lord the king hath spoken: for thy servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of thine handmaid:
• Micah 6:10 — Are there (הַאִשׁ֙) yet the treasures of wickedness in the house of the wicked, and the scant measure that is abominable?