Ishmaiah - Definition and Meaning, Bible Dictionary

Dictionaries - Easton's Bible Dictionary - Ishmaiah

Ishmaiah [N] [H] [S]

heard by Jehovah.

A Gibeonite who joined David at Ziklag, "a hero among the thirty and over the thirty" ( 1 Chronicles 12:4 ).

Son of Obadiah, and viceroy of Zebulun under David and Solomon ( 1 Chronicles 27:19 ).

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M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition,
published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain, copy freely.

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[S] indicates this entry was also found in Smith's Bible Dictionary

Bibliography Information

Easton, Matthew George. "Entry for Ishmaiah". "Easton's Bible Dictionary". .

Dictionaries - Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary - Ishmaiah

Ishmaiah [N] [E] [S]

hearing or obeying the Lord

Hitchcock's Dictionary of Bible Names. Public Domain. Copy freely.

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Bibliography Information

Hitchcock, Roswell D. "Entry for 'Ishmaiah'". "An Interpreting Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names". . New York, N.Y., 1869.

Dictionaries - Smith's Bible Dictionary - Ishmaiah

Ishmaiah [N] [E] [H]

(Jehovah hears ), son of Obadiah; the ruler of the tribe of Zebulun in the time of King David. ( 1 Chronicles 27:19 ) (B.C. 1046.)

[N] indicates this entry was also found in Nave's Topical Bible
[E] indicates this entry was also found in Easton's Bible Dictionary
[H] indicates this entry was also found in Hitchcock's Bible Names

Bibliography Information

Smith, William, Dr. "Entry for 'Ishmaiah'". "Smith's Bible Dictionary". . 1901.

Encyclopedias - International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ishmaiah

ISHMAIAH

ish-ma'-ya (yishma`yah, "Yah is hearing"):

(1) A man of Gibeon, chief of David's 30 great warriors, who came to him at Ziklag (1 Chronicles 12:4, the King James Version "Ismaiah").

(2) Chief of the armed contingent of the tribe of Zebulun, which served David in the monthly order of the tribes (1 Chronicles 27:19).

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Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'ISHMAIAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.