אִישׁ
ʼîysh · eesh
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802 (אִשָּׁה).
Letters
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
strength, the leader › the hand that works › to consume, to destroy
Strength, the leader of the hand that works that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of אִישׁ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
1663 occurrences · 1663 OT · 0 NT · 169 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- man132 · 16%
- every man116 · 14%
- men114 · 13%
- every one74 · 9%
- a man66 · 8%
- the man52 · 6%
- one46 · 5%
- and the man44 · 5%
- if a man19 · 2%
- and the men19 · 2%
- and if a man19 · 2%
- and every man15 · 2%
- to the man14 · 2%
- unto the man14 · 2%
- and every one12 · 1%
- of the man11 · 1%
- no man11 · 1%
- her husband10 · 1%
- the men10 · 1%
- and all the men9 · 1%
- of man9 · 1%
- and a man9 · 1%
- of a man8 · 1%
- and her husband8 · 1%
- and no man8 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
- Genesis108
- Exodus83
- Leviticus93
- Numbers98
- Deuteronomy76
- Joshua39
- Judges155
- Ruth19
- 1 Samuel141
- 2 Samuel106
- 1 Kings69
- 2 Kings104
- 1 Chronicles24
- 2 Chronicles43
- Ezra4
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.