Word Study · Strong's H8664 · Hebrew
תִּשְׁבִּי
Tishbi
tish-bee'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Tishbîy
“a Tishbite or inhabitant of Tishbeh (in Gilead)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a Tishbite or inhabitant of Tishbeh (in Gilead)
Rendered in the KJV as
Tishbite.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖י4
- הַתִּשְׁבִּ֜י1
- הַתִּשְׁבִּ֔י1
How it is rendered · 1
- the Tishbite6
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 1
- the definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)6
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- HTd/Ngmsa · 6
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Where this word lives
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1 Kings3 occurrences
- 1 Kings 17:1הַתִּשְׁבִּ֜יhatishbithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in these years except at my word!”here: the Tishbite
- 1 Kings 21:17הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖יhatishbithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying,here: the Tishbite
- 1 Kings 21:28הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖יhatishbithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)Then the word of the LORD came to Elijah the Tishbite, saying:here: the Tishbite
2 Kings3 occurrences
- 2 Kings 1:3הַתִּשְׁבִּ֔יhatishbithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)But the angel of the LORD said to Elijah the Tishbite, “Go up to meet the messengers of the king of Samaria and ask them, ‘Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are on your way to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron?’here: the Tishbite
- 2 Kings 1:8הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖יhatishbithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)“He was a hairy man,” they answered, “with a leather belt around his waist.” “It was Elijah the Tishbite,” said the king.here: the Tishbite
- 2 Kings 9:36הַתִּשְׁבִּ֖יhatishbithe definite article (“the”) + gentilic noun (a people)So they went back and told Jehu, who replied, “This is the word of the LORD, which He spoke through His servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘On the plot of ground at Jezreel the dogs will devour the flesh of Jezebel.here: the Tishbite