Strong's H3458 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: יִשְׁמָעֵאל (Yishmâʻêʼl)

Pronunciation: yish-maw-ale'

POS: yish-maw-ale' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: from and ; God will hear;

Definition: from שָׁמַע and אֵל; God will hear; Jishmael, the name of Abraham's oldest son, and of five Israelites; Ishmael.

KJV Usage: Ishmael.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Ishmael = "God will hear"
• 2. 1) son of Abraham and Sarah's handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples
• 3. 2) son of Nethaniah and the murderer of Gedaliah
• 4. 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Azel a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth
• 5. 4) a Judaite, father of Zebadiah
• 6. 5) a Judaite, son of Johanan and one of the captains who aided Jehoiada in restoring Joash to the throne
• 7. 6) a priest of the family of Pashur with a foreign wife whom he was forced to put away by Ezra

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