אִישׁ ish

Hebrew word for “man” · Strong’s H376 · used 1,663 times in 1,430 verses

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Meaning

: man; 1) man; 1a) man, male (in contrast to woman, female);

Senses in the lexicon

• man (1,048)
• man: anyone (546)
• man: husband (69)

How it is translated

Glosses given for ish in context, with how often each is used:

• man 792
• person 212
• anyone 177
• everyone 151
• each 144
• husband 67
• each one 41
• each man 19
• like a man 14
• human 8
• someone 7
• like a person 6

Where it is used

Also in 25 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Judges 20 (26), Judges 19 (17), Leviticus 20 (16), 2 Kings 4 (14), 1 Samuel 17 (13), 1 Kings 13 (13), Genesis 43 (12), Numbers 5 (12), Exodus 21 (11), Deuteronomy 22 (11)

Forms

• אישׁ 1,120
• האישׁ 168
• ואישׁ 140
• לאישׁ 92
• אישׁה 25
• באישׁ 21
• כאישׁ 21
• מאישׁ 18
• והאישׁ 17
• אישׁי 8

Words used with it

Words that share verses with ish more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 124
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 139
• רֵעַ rea “neighbor” 80
• אָח ach “brother” 94
• מוּת mut “to die” 94
• זֶה zeh “this” 103
• לָקַח laqach “to take” 98
• רָאָה raah “to see” 103
• אֵת et “with” 89
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 89
• עִם im “with” 85
• יָשַׁב yashav “to dwell” 86

Key verses

The verses using ish that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Numbers 23:19 — God is not a man, that he should lie; neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it? or hath he spoken, and shall he not…
• Deuteronomy 27:15 — Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret…
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• Psalms 1:1 — Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
• Proverbs 29:1 — He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
• Isaiah 6:5 — Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the…
• Isaiah 50:2 — Wherefore, when I came, was there no man? when I called, was there none to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it cannot redeem? or have I no power to…
• Isaiah 53:3 — He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him…
• Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
• Jeremiah 17:10 — I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
• Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
• Malachi 3:16 — Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.