Lexical Definition

‎תִּשְׁבִּי‎ Tishbîy (tish-bee') Tishbite ^N:N--LG
patrial from an unused name meaning recourse

Tishbite.

• § Tishbite = "captivity"
• a Tishbite or inhabitant of Tishbeh (in Gilead)

n pr loc
1) the home of Elijah
1a) site unknown but maybe the town of Tishbe
adj gent
2) an inhabitant of Tishbe or Tishbi or Tesheb
2a) site unknown and name uncertain

Extended Information

group of: תּוֹשָׁב

• Group of tish.beh (‎ת‎ִּ‎ש‎ְׁ‎ב‎ֶּ‎ה‎ "Tishbe" תּוֹשָׁב)
• an inhabitant of Tishbe or Tishbi or Tesheb

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎תִּשְׁבֶּה‎] proper name, of a location (from above √ ); — read probably ‎מִתִּשְׁבֵּה גִלְעָד‎ (or ‎תִּשְׁבֵּי‎) 1Kgs 17:1 (for ᵑ0 ‎מִתּשָׁבֵיּ‎) ᵐ5. ἐκ θεσβῶν (ᵐ5^L Θεσσεβῶν) τῆς Γαλααδ, so Joshua; Ew Th We Kmp Benz Kit Bur and others; home of Elijah; see Kasteren^{ZPV xiii (1890) 207 ff.} compare modern Istib, in mountains of Ajhûn, so Buhl^{G 257}.

‎תִּשְׁבִּי‎ adjective, of a people, ‎׳‎‎אֵלִיָּהוּ הַתּ‎ 1Kgs 17:1; 1Kgs 21:17; 1Kgs 21:28; 2Kgs 1:3; 2Kgs 1:8; 2Kgs 9:36 — ὀ Θεσβ(ε)ίτης

Brown-Driver-Briggs References