Smith's Bible Dictionary

Ishi
(my husband). This word occurs in (Hosea 2:16) It is the Israelite term, in opposition to Baali,
the Canaanite term, with the same meaning, though with a significance of its own.
(salutary).
•A man of the descendants of Judah, son of Appaim, (1 Chronicles 2:31) one of the great house of
Hezron.
•In a subsequent genealogy of Judah we find another Ishi, with a son Zoheth. (1 Chronicles 4:20)
•Head of a family of the tribe of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:42)
•One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24)
Ishiah
(whom Jehovah lends), the fifth of the five sons of Izrahiah, one of the heads of the tribe of
Issachar in the time of David. (1 Chronicles 7:3) (B.C. 1046.)
Ishijah
(whom Jehovah lends), a lay Israelite of the Bene-Harim who had married a foreign wife. (Ezra
10:31) (B.C. 459.)
Ishma
(desolation), a name in the genealogy of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:3)
Ishmael
(whom God hears).
•The son of Abraham by Hagar the Egyptian his concubine; born when Abraham was fourscore
and six years old. (Genesis 16:15,16) (B.C. 1910.) Ishmael was the first-born of his father. He
was born in Abraham’s house when he dwelt in the plain of Mamre; and on the institution of the
covenant of circumcision, was circumcised, he being then thirteen years old (Genesis 17:26) With
the institution of the covenant, God renewed his promise respecting Ishmael. He does not again
appear in the narrative until the weaning of Isaac. At the great feast made in celebration of the
weaning, “Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, which she had borne unto Abraham, mocking,”
and urged Abraham to cast him and his mother out. Comforted by the renewal of God’s promise
to make of Ishmael a great nation, Abraham sent them away, and they departed and wandered in
the wilderness of Beersheba. His mother took Ishmael a wife out of the land of Egypt.” (Genesis
21:9-21) This wife of Ishmael was the mother of the twelve sons and one daughter. Of the later
life of Ishmael we know little. He was present with Isaac at the burial of Abraham. He died at the
age of 137 years. (Genesis 25:17,18) The sons of Ishmael peopled the north and west of the Arabian
peninsula, and eventually formed the chief element of the Arab nation, the wandering Bedouin
tribes. They are now mostly Mohammedans who look to him as their spiritual father, as the Jews
look to Abraham. Their language, which is generally acknowledged to have been the Arabic
community so called, has been adopted with insignificant exceptions throughout Arabia. The term
“Ishmaelite” occur on three occasions: (Genesis 37:25,27,28; 39:1; Judges 8:24; Psalms 83:6)
•One of the sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth. (1 Chronicles
8:38; 9:44)
•A man of Judah, father of Zebadiah. (2 Chronicles 19:11)
•Another man of Judah, son of Jehohanan; one of the captains of hundreds who assisted Jehoiada
in restoring Joash to the throne. (2 Chronicles 23:1)
•A priest of the Bene-Pashur, who was forced by Ezra to relinquish his foreign wife. (Ezra 10:22)