קִישׁ
qish
Kish
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe word "qish" (H7027J) is a proper name from the Hebrew language, referring to a specific person. The short definition provided simply states "Kish," suggesting that it is the name of an individual. As a proper name, it likely has no inherent semantic meaning; instead, it serves as a identifier for a particular person. Given its singular occurrence in the Bible, we can only speculate that "qish" might be referring to a significant figure, possibly an ancestor or a notable individual. The lack of information available about the word's usage or context unfortunately limits our understanding of its significance in the biblical narrative. However, its presence in the text likely has some importance, given the attention granted to individual names in the biblical record.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
1 total occurrence across the text