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אִישׁ־בֹּשֶׁת
ish-Bosheth
eesh-bo'-sheth
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʼÎysh-Bôsheth
“Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Ish-Bosheth, a son of King Saul
Rendered in the KJV as
Ish-bosheth.
- 22occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 1 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 10inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 22 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 10
- אִֽישׁ־7
- בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙3
- אִ֣ישׁ2
- בֹּ֣שֶׁת2
- בֹּ֗שֶׁת2
- בֹּ֥שֶׁת2
- אִ֥ישׁ1
- בֹּ֔שֶׁת1
- בֹּ֑שֶׁת1
- וּלְאִ֥ישׁ1
How it is rendered · 3
- bosheth11
- Ish-10
- and for Ish-1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- proper noun (a name)21
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 21
- HC/R/Npm · 1
All 22, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
2 Samuel22 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 2:8אִ֥ישׁʾishproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 2:8בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙boshetproper noun (a name)Meanwhile, Abner son of Ner, the commander of Saul’s army, took Saul’s son Ish-bosheth, moved him to Mahanaim,here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 2:10אִֽישׁ־ʾish-proper noun (a name)Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 2:10בֹּ֣שֶׁתboshetproper noun (a name)Saul’s son Ish-bosheth was forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for two years. The house of Judah, however, followed David.here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 2:12אִֽישׁ־ʾish-proper noun (a name)One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 2:12בֹּ֣שֶׁתboshetproper noun (a name)One day Abner son of Ner and the servants of Ish-bosheth son of Saul marched out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 2:15וּלְאִ֥ישׁuleishconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.here: and for Ish-
- 2 Samuel 2:15בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙boshetproper noun (a name)So they got up and were counted off—twelve for Benjamin and Ish-bosheth son of Saul, and twelve for David.here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 3:8אִֽישׁ־ʾish-proper noun (a name)Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 3:8בֹּ֗שֶׁתboshetproper noun (a name)Abner was furious over Ish-bosheth’s accusation. “Am I the head of a dog that belongs to Judah?” he asked. “All this time I have been loyal to the house of your father Saul, to his brothers, and to his friends. I have not delivered you into the hand of David, but now you accuse me of wrongdoing with this woman!here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 3:14אִֽישׁ־ʾish-proper noun (a name)Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 3:14בֹּ֥שֶׁתboshetproper noun (a name)Then David sent messengers to say to Ish-bosheth son of Saul, “Give me back my wife, Michal, whom I betrothed to myself for a hundred Philistine foreskins.”here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 3:15אִ֣ישׁʾishproper noun (a name)So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 3:15בֹּ֔שֶׁתboshetproper noun (a name)So Ish-bosheth sent and took Michal from her husband Paltiel son of Laish.here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 4:5אִ֣ישׁʾishproper noun (a name)Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 4:5בֹּ֑שֶׁתboshetproper noun (a name)Now Rechab and Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, set out and arrived at the house of Ish-bosheth in the heat of the day, while the king was taking his midday nap.here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 4:8אִֽישׁ־ʾish-proper noun (a name)They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 4:8בֹּ֥שֶׁתboshetproper noun (a name)They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 4:8אִֽישׁ־ʾish-proper noun (a name)They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 4:8בֹּ֗שֶׁתboshetproper noun (a name)They brought the head of Ish-bosheth to David at Hebron and said to the king, “Here is the head of Ish-bosheth son of Saul, your enemy who sought your life. Today the LORD has granted vengeance to my lord the king against Saul and his offspring.”here: bosheth
- 2 Samuel 4:12אִֽישׁ־ʾish-proper noun (a name)So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.here: Ish-
- 2 Samuel 4:12בֹּ֙שֶׁת֙boshetproper noun (a name)So David commanded his young men, and they killed Rechab and Baanah. They cut off their hands and feet and hung their bodies by the pool in Hebron, but they took the head of Ish-bosheth and buried it in Abner’s tomb in Hebron.here: bosheth