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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30
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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #7027 - קִישׁ
Transliteration
Qîysh
Phonetics
keesh
Origin
from (H6983)
Parts of Speech
proper masculine noun
TWOT
None
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- Kish = "bent"
- a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul
- an ancestor of Mordecai
- son of Gibeon and brother of Abdon, Zur, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; uncle of Kish the father of king Saul
- a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari the progenitor of the family
- a Merarite Levite, son of Abdi in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
Frequency Lists
- Book
- Word
Verse Results
ASV (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
BSB (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
CSB (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
ESV (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
KJV (19)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
10
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
LEB (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
LSB (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
N95 (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
NAS (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (21)
1 Samuel
6
2 Samuel
1
1 Chronicles
12
2 Chronicles
1
Esther
1
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
קִישׁ proper name, masculine (probably *קַיְשְׁ Arabic 
Aramaic קישׁא Nö ZMG xi (1896), 167 originally proper name, of deity as Arabic 
which now only in proper name, of person We Heid. 2. 67); — K(ε)ις:
Aramaic קישׁא Nö ZMG xi (1896), 167 originally proper name, of deity as Arabic which now only in proper name, of person We Heid. 2. 67); — K(ε)ις: 1 father of Saul 1 Samuel 9:1,3(twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:11,21; 1 Samuel 14:51; 2 Samuel 21:14; 1 Chronicles 8:30,33 (where read אַבְנֵר Be Kau Kit), 1 Chronicles 8:33 = 1 Chronicles 9:36,39 (read as above), 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Chronicles 12:1; 1 Chronicles 26:28.
2 Levites :
a. 1 Chronicles 23:21,22; 1 Chronicles 24:29 (twice in verse).
b. 2 Chronicles 29:12.
3 ancestor of Mordecai Esther 2:5 (Κεισαίου).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
קִישׁ (“snaring,” from the root קוֹשׁ [“or i.q. קֶשֶׁת”]), [Kish], pr.n. m.
(1) of the father of Saul, 1 Samuel 9:1, 14:51 1 Chronicles 8:33.
(2) 1 Chronicles 8:30, 9:36.
(3) 1 Chronicles 23:21, 22 1 Chronicles 23:22, 24:29 (4) 2 Chronicles 29:12.
(5) Esther 2:5.
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List of Word Forms
וְקִ֔ישׁ וְקִ֖ישׁ וְקִ֧ישׁ וְקִֽישׁ׃ וקיש וקיש׃ לְקִ֖ישׁ לקיש קִ֑ישׁ קִ֔ישׁ קִ֖ישׁ קִ֚ישׁ קִ֜ישׁ קִ֣ישׁ קִ֥ישׁ קיש kish lə·qîš leKish ləqîš qîš veKish wə·qîš wəqîš
