Strongs Number: H3458
- Hebrew Word
- יִשְׁמָעֵאל
- Transliteration
- Yishmâʻêʼl
- Phonetic
- yish-maw-ale'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
God will hear; {Jishmael} the name of Abraham´ s oldest {son} and of five Israelites
- BDB Definition
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Ishmael = "God will hear"
1. son of Abraham and Sarah's handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples
2. son of Nethaniah and the murderer of Gedaliah
3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Azel a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth
4. a Judaite, father of Zebadiah
5. a Judaite, son of Johanan and one of the captains who aided Jehoiada in restoring Joash to the throne
6. a priest of the family of Pashur with a foreign wife whom he was forced to put away by Ezra
- Origin
- From H8085 and H410
- Bible Usage
- Ishmael.