Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H3458
יִשְׁמָעֵאל
Yishmaelyish-maw-ale'
Ishmael
48 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: Yishmâʻêʼl
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3458is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 18spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3458
Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites
The King James renders it: Ishmael.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Yishmael is rendered "Ishmael". It stands 48 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Twenty-one of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 16:11The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
- The Greek text spells it eighteen different ways.
The first use
The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
Genesis 16:11יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-one of the word's forty-eight uses are in Jeremiah.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Ishmael37
- and Ishmael9
- and to Ishmael2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יִשְׁמָעֵאלִי | Yishmaeli | Ishmaelite | Uses8 |
| יִשְׂרְאֵלִי | Yisreeli | Ishmaelite | Uses5 |
| יִשְׁוִי | Yishvi | Ishvite | Uses1 |
| יִשְׁרָה | yishrah | uprightness | Uses1 |
| יִשְׂרְאֵלִית | Yisreelith | Israelitess | Usesnot recorded |
The words it stands beside
All 48, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
18 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל9
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אל6
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל6
- יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙5
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אל4
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אל3
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אל2
- יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃2
- יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ ס2
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אל1
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙1
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ ס1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)37HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)9HC/Npm
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)2HC/R/Npm
Genesis
seventeen uses
The angel of the LORD proceeded: “Behold, you have conceived and will bear a son. And you shall name him Ishmael, for the LORD has heard your cry of affliction.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
And Hagar bore Abram a son, and Abram gave the name Ishmael to the son she had borne.
- יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃yishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Abram was eighty-six years old when Hagar bore Ishmael to him.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
And Abraham said to God, “O that Ishmael might live under Your blessing!”
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
As for Ishmael, I have heard you, and I will surely bless him; I will make him fruitful and multiply him greatly. He will become the father of twelve rulers, and I will make him into a great nation.
- וּֽלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֘אלuleyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Ishmael
On that very day Abraham took his son Ishmael and all those born in his household or purchased with his money—every male among the members of Abraham’s household—and he circumcised them, just as God had told him.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
and his son Ishmael was thirteen;
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלveyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
Abraham and his son Ishmael were circumcised on the same day.
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלveyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
His sons Isaac and Ishmael buried him in the cave of Machpelah near Mamre, in the field of Ephron son of Zohar the Hittite.
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵאל֙veyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
This is the account of Abraham’s son Ishmael, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maidservant, bore to Abraham.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
These are the names of the sons of Ishmael in the order of their birth: Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
- יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙yishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
These were the sons of Ishmael, and these were their names by their villages and encampments—twelve princes of their tribes.
- יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙yishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Ishmael lived a total of 137 years. Then he breathed his last and died, and was gathered to his people.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Esau went to Ishmael and married Mahalath, the sister of Nebaioth and daughter of Abraham’s son Ishmael, in addition to the wives he already had.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֑אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
and Basemath daughter of Ishmael and sister of Nebaioth.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
2 Kings
two uses
When all the commanders of the armies and their men heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah as governor, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan son of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite, and Jaazaniah son of the Maacathite, as well as their men.
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלveyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
In the seventh month, however, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family, came with ten men and struck down and killed Gedaliah, along with the Judeans and Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
1 Chronicles
five uses
The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ סveyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
These are their genealogies:
- יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙yishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.
- יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ סyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלveyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
And Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלveyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
2 Chronicles
two uses
Note that Amariah, the chief priest, will be over you in all that pertains to the LORD, and Zebadiah son of Ishmael, the ruler of the house of Judah, in all that pertains to the king. And the Levites will serve as officers before you. Act resolutely; may the LORD be with the upright!”
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֜אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Then in the seventh year, Jehoiada strengthened himself and made a covenant with the commanders of hundreds—with Azariah son of Jeroham, Ishmael son of Jehohanan, Azariah son of Obed, Maaseiah son of Adaiah, and Elishaphat son of Zichri.
- וּלְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלuleyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: and to Ishmael
Ezra
one use
From the descendants of Pashhur: Elioenai, Maaseiah, Ishmael, Nethanel, Jozabad, and Elasah.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Jeremiah
twenty-one uses
they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah—Ishmael son of Nethaniah, Johanan and Jonathan the sons of Kareah, Seraiah son of Tanhumeth, the sons of Ephai the Netophathite, and Jezaniah son of the Maacathite—they and their men.
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלveyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
and said to him, “Are you aware that Baalis king of the Ammonites has sent Ishmael son of Nethaniah to take your life?” But Gedaliah son of Ahikam did not believe them.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Then Johanan son of Kareah spoke privately to Gedaliah at Mizpah. “Let me go and kill Ishmael son of Nethaniah,” he said. “No one will know it. Why should he take your life and scatter all the people of Judah who have gathered to you, so that the remnant of Judah would perish?”
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do such a thing! What you are saying about Ishmael is a lie.”
- יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃ סyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, who was a member of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah, and they ate a meal together there.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Then Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the ten men who were with him got up and struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, with the sword, killing the one whom the king of Babylon had appointed to govern the land.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Ishmael also killed all the Jews who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, as well as the Chaldean soldiers who were there.
- יִשְׁמָעֵֽאל׃yishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
And Ishmael son of Nethaniah went out from Mizpah to meet them, weeping as he went. When Ishmael encountered the men, he said, “Come to Gedaliah son of Ahikam.”
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֨אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
And when they came into the city, Ishmael son of Nethaniah and the men with him slaughtered them and threw them into a cistern.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
But ten of the men among them said to Ishmael, “Do not kill us, for we have hidden treasure in the field—wheat, barley, oil, and honey!” So he refrained from killing them with the others.
- יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙yishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Now the cistern into which Ishmael had thrown all the bodies of the men he had struck down along with Gedaliah was a large one that King Asa had made for fear of Baasha king of Israel. Ishmael son of Nethaniah filled it with the slain.
- יִשְׁמָעֵאל֙yishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֥אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Then Ishmael took captive all the remnant of the people of Mizpah—the daughters of the king along with all the others who remained in Mizpah—over whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam. Ishmael son of Nethaniah took them captive and set off to cross over to the Ammonites.
- יִ֠שְׁמָעֵאלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
When Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him heard of all the crimes that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed,
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
they took all their men and went to fight Ishmael son of Nethaniah. And they found him near the great pool in Gibeon.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
When all the people with Ishmael saw Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the army with him, they rejoiced,
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֔אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
and all the people whom Ishmael had taken captive at Mizpah turned and went over to Johanan son of Kareah.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֖אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
But Ishmael son of Nethaniah and eight of his men escaped from Johanan and went to the Ammonites.
- וְיִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלveyishmaelconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Ishmael
Then Johanan son of Kareah and all the commanders of the armies with him took the whole remnant of the people from Mizpah whom he had recovered from Ishmael son of Nethaniah after Ishmael had killed Gedaliah son of Ahikam: the soldiers, women, children, and court officials he had brought back from Gibeon.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֤אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
to escape the Chaldeans. For they were afraid of the Chaldeans because Ishmael son of Nethaniah had struck down Gedaliah son of Ahikam, whom the king of Babylon had appointed over the land.
- יִשְׁמָעֵ֣אלyishmaelproper noun (a name)tagged: Ishmael
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
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Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.