Hebrew word study
אִישׁʼîysh — a man as an individual or a male person
Pronounced “eesh”
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Translated in the King James as: also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802 (אִשָּׁה).
Appears 1,607 times in Scripture
Origin: contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
Read it in context & ask Abram about this wordWhere it appears
Genesis — 103×
Exodus — 76×
Leviticus — 89×
Numbers — 93×
Deuteronomy — 74×
Joshua — 37×
Judges — 146×
Ruth — 19×
1 Samuel — 132×
2 Samuel — 102×
1 Kings — 66×
2 Kings — 103×
1 Chronicles — 24×
2 Chronicles — 41×
Nehemiah — 24×
Esther — 19×
Job — 29×
Psalms — 42×
Proverbs — 86×
Ecclesiastes — 8×
Isaiah — 49×
Jeremiah — 112×
Lamentations — 1×
Ezekiel — 63×
Hosea — 10×
Obadiah — 1×
Jonah — 3×
Nahum — 1×
Haggai — 3×
Zechariah — 19×
Malachi — 4×
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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.