Ishi
Smith’s Bible Dictionary (1863)
(my husband). This word occurs in (Hosea 2:16) It is the Israelite term, in opposition to Baali, the Canaanite term, with the same meaning, though with a significance of its own.
(salutary).
• A man of the descendants of Judah, son of Appaim, (1 Chronicles 2:31) one of the great house of Hezron.
• In a subsequent genealogy of Judah we find another Ishi, with a son Zoheth. (1 Chronicles 4:20)
• Head of a family of the tribe of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:42)
• One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24)
Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)
My husband, a symbolical name used in Hos. 2:16 (See BAALI.)
See also: baali
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