Lexical Definition

‎אִישׁ‎ ʼîysh (eesh) man ^H:N-M
contracted for ‎אֱנוֹשׁ‎ (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)

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 ‎אִשָּׁה‎.

• 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)

1) man
1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female)
1b) husband
1c) human being, person (in contrast to God)
1d) servant
1e) mankind
1f) champion
1g) great man
2) whosoever
3) each (adjective)

See Greek: ἀδελφός · ἀνήρ · ἄνθρωπος · ἀντίκειμαι · ἄῤῥην · γεωργός · γῆ · δυνατός · ἕκαστος · ἕτερος · ἡγέομαι · ἱκανός · Ἰσκαριώτης · κεῖμαι · παῖς · πεζῇ · πρεσβύτης · συνετός · υἱός · ψυχή

Extended Information

meaning of: אִישׁ

• : anyone/someone

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎אִישׁ‎₂₁₆₆ noun masculine man ( = vir) (MI, SI, Phoenician ‎אש‎, perhaps also Sabean ‎אסם‎ compare Prät^l.c, but DHM^{ZMG 1883, 330}) — ‎׳‎‎א‎ absolute Gen 2:23 +; construct Gen 25:27 +; suffix ‎אִישִׁי‎ Gen 29:32 +, etc.; plural ‎אִישִׁים‎ Ps 141:4 + 2 t. (Phoenician ‎אשם‎); usually ‎אֲנָשִׁים‎ Gen 12:20 +, from √ ‎אנשׁ‎ q. v.; construct ‎אַנְשֵׁי‎ Judg 6:27 +; suffix ‎אֲנָשַׁי‎ 1Sam 23:12 etc.; — man, opposed to woman Gen 2:23; Gen 2:24; Lev 20:27; Num 5:6; Deut 17:2f; Josh 6:21; Josh 8:25; Jer 40:7, emphasis on sexual distinction & relation Gen 19:8; Gen 24:16; Gen 38:25; Exod 22:15*; Lev 15:16 (‎שִׁכְבַת זָרַ֑ע‎) vLev 15:18 (‎וְאִשָּׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎זֿ‎‎׳‎‎אֲשֶׁר יִשְׁכַּב אִישׁ אֹתָהּ שׁ‎) Lev 20:10 f; Num 5:13f; Deut 22:22f; Isa 4:1 +; thence = husband, especially with suffix Gen 3:6; Gen 3:16; Gen 16:3; Gen 29:32; Gen 29:34; Lev 21:7; Num 30:7*f; Deut 28:56; Judg 13:8f; Ruth 1:3f; 1Sam 25:19; Jer 29:6; Ezek 16:45 +; figurative of ‎׳‎‎י‎ as husband of Israel ‎אִישִׁי‎ Hos 2:18* (opposed to ‎בַּעְלִּי‎); man as procreator, father Eccl 6:3 of male child Gen 4:1 compare ‎זֶרַע אֲנָשִׁים‎ 1Sam 1:11 man, opposed to beast Exod 11:7; Lev 20:15 (compare ‎אָדָם‎); compare figurative Ps 22:7* but also of male of animals Gen 7:2 (twice in verse) (‎אִישׁ וְאִשְׁתּוֺ‎); man, opposed to God Gen 32:29*; Num 23:19 ‎לֹא אִישׁ אֵל וִיכַזֵּב‎ (|| ‎וּבֶןאָֿדָם וְיִתְנֶחָ֑ם‎); Job 9:32; Job 32:13; Hos 11:9 compare Isa 31:8; Job 12:10 (‎רוּחַ כָּלבְּֿשַׂר‎ ‎אִישׁ‎); hence in phrases to denote ordinary, customary, common ‎שֵׁבֶט אֲנָשִׁים‎ 2Sam 7:14 (|| ‎נִגְעֵי בְּנֵי‎ ‎אָדָם‎); ‎לֶחֶם אֲנָשִׁים‎ Ezek 24:17; Ezek 24:22 [**‎אֲנָשִׁים‎ Ezek 24:17; Ezek 24:22 is textual error; We (apparently Sm) ‎אֲנֻשִׁים‎; Toy^Hpt ‎אוֺנִים‎ (Hos 9:4).] (compare Isa 8:1); ‎אַמַּתאִֿישׁ‎ Deut 3:11 but also contracted ‎אָדָם‎ Ps 49:3*; Ps 62:10* man, as valiant 1Sam 4:9 (twice in verse) (‎וִהְיוּ לַאֲנָשִׁים‎) so 1Kgs 2:2 compare 1Sam 26:15 so ‎אִישׁ חַיִל‎ 1Sam 31:12; 2Sam 24:9; 1Kgs 1:42 +; also ‎אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה‎ Num 31:49; Deut 2:14; Deut 2:16; Josh 5:4; Josh 5:6 +; even of ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 15:3 ‎יהוה אִישׁ מִלְחָמָה‎; often prefixed to other nouns in apposition ‎אָדוֺן‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 42:30; Gen 42:33, ‎שַׂר וְשֹׁפֵט‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Exod 2:14, ‎כֹּהֵן‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Lev 21:9, ‎סָרִיס‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Jer 38:7 particular before adjective, of a people ‎אִישׁ מִצְרִי‎ Gen 39:1; Exod 2:11; Exod 2:19 compare Gen 37:28; Gen 38:1; Gen 38:2; Gen 39:14; 1Sam 17:12; 1Sam 30:11; 1Sam 30:13 +; a man as resident in, or belonging to a place or people Num 25:6; Judg 10:1 + (so Phoenician); usually plural ‎אַנְשֵׁי יִשְׂרָאֵל‎ 1Sam 7:11; 1Sam 31:7 (twice in verse) compare Josh 7:4; Josh 7:5 +; also singularcollective Deut 27:14; Josh 9:6; Josh 9:7; Judg 20:11; 1Sam 11:8 (see Dr) +; 2Sam 10:6; 2Sam 10:8 (‎טוֺב‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎); (so MI¹⁰; MI¹³); men = retainers, followers, soldiers 1Sam 18:27; 1Sam 23:3 f 1Sam 24:3*; 1Sam 25:13 + compare Deut 33:8 singular collective see Di; ‎אִישׁ אֱלֹהִים‎ man of God = prophet Deut 33:1; Josh 14:6; 1Sam 9:6f; 1Kgs 12:13f + (see ‎אלהים‎); in phrase followed by abstract ‎אִישׁ חַיִל‎, ‎מִלְחָמָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ see above; ‎שֵׂיבָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Deut 32:25, ‎הַדָּמִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Sam 16:7 compare see 8, ‎הַבְּלִיַּעַל‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Sam 16:7, ‎מָוֶת‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 1Kgs 2:26, ‎חָמָס‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Ps 140:12*; Prov 3:31 +; followed by word of occupation, etc. ‎שָׂדֶה‎‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 25:27, ‎הָאֲדָמָה‎‎׳‎‎א‎ Gen 9:20 (compare Zech 13:5), ‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎הַבֵּנַיִם‎ champion 1Sam 17:4 (compare Dr) v1Sam 17:23, ‎בְּשׂרָה‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ 2Sam 18:20, ‎אִישׁ עֲצָתוֺ‎ his counsellor Isa 40:13, compare ‎אִישׁ חֶרְמִי‎ 1Kgs 20:42, ‎רֵעִים‎ ‎׳‎‎א‎ Prov 18:24 often distributive = each, every Gen 9:5; Gen 10:5; Gen 40:5 (twice in verse); Exod 12:3 +; including women Job 42:11; 1Chr 16:3 ‎וַיְחַלֵּק לְכָלאִֿישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאִישׁ וְעַד‎ ‎אִשָּׁה לְאִישׁ כִּכַּרלֶֿחֶם‎; of inanimate things 1Kgs 7:30; 1Kgs 7:36 also ‎אִישׁ אִישׁ‎ Exod 36:4; Num 4:19; Num 4:49; Ezek 14:4; Ezek 14:7 +; any one Exod 34:3 (twice in verse); Exod 34:24 +; also ‎אִישׁ אִישׁ‎ Lev 15:2; Lev 22:4; Lev 22:18 +; of gods 2Kgs 18:33 = Isa 36:18 one...another ‎וְהִרְגוּ אִישֿׁ‎ ‎אֶתאָֿחִיו וְאִישׁ אֶתרֵֿעֵהוּ וְאִישׁ אֶתקְֿרֹבוֺ‎Exod 32:27, ‎אִישׁ ֗֗֗ ‎ ‎אָחִיו‎ Deut 1:16; Mic 7:2 (see ‎אָח‎), ‎אִישׁרֵ֗֗֗עֵהוּ‎ Gen 11:3; Gen 11:7 + (see ‎רֵעַ‎) of inanimate things Gen 15:10.

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