Strongs Number: H7027
- Hebrew Word
- קִישׁ
- Transliteration
- Qîysh
- Phonetic
- keesh
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
a bow; {Kish} the name of five Israelites
- BDB Definition
-
Kish = "bent"
1. a Benjamite of the family of Matri, father of king Saul
2. an ancestor of Mordecai
3. son of Gibeon and brother of Abdon, Zur, Baal, Ner, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth; uncle of Kish the father of king Saul
4. a Merarite Levite, son of Mahli and grandson of Merari the progenitor of the family
5. a Merarite Levite, son of Abdi in the time of king Hezekiah of Judah
- Origin
- From H6983
- Bible Usage
- Kish.