Irad
Runner; wild ass, one of the antediluvian patriarchs, the father of Mehujael (Gen. 4:18), and grandson of Cain.
Iram
Citizen, chief of an Edomite tribe in Mount Seir (Gen. 36:43).
Irha-heres
According to some MSS., meaning “city of destruction.” Other MSS. read ’Irhahares; rendered “city of the sun”, Isa. 19:18, where alone the word occurs. This name may probably refer to Heliopolis. The…
Iri
or Ir (belonging to a city), a Benjamite, son of Bela. (1 Chronicles 7:7,12)
Irijah
(seen by the Lord), son of Shelemiah, a captain in the ward, who met Jeremiah in the gate of Jerusalem called the “gate of Benjamin” accused him of being about to desert to the Chaldeans; and led him…
Irnahash
(serpent city), a name which, like many other names of places, occurs in the genealogical lists of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:12)
Iron.
I'RON. Prov 27:17. Some of the uses of this well-known and most valuable metal were probably understood at a very early period. Gen 4:22. We find it mentioned as the material for tools, Deut 27:5; 2 …
Irpeel
(God heals), one of the cities of Benjamin. (Joshua 18:27) No trace has yet been discovered of its situation.
Irrigation
As streams were few in Palestine, water was generally stored up in winter in reservoirs, and distributed through gardens in numerous rills, which could easily be turned or diverted by the foot (Deut.…
Irshemesh
(city of the sun), a city of the Danites (Joshua 19:41) probably identical with Beth-shemesh.
Iru
(watch), the eldest son of the great Caleb son of Jephunneh. (1 Chronicles 4:15) (B.C. 1451.)
Isaac
Laughter. (1) Israel, or the kingdom of the ten tribes (Amos 7:9, 16). (2.) The only son of Abraham by Sarah. He was the longest lived of the three patriarchs (Gen. 21:1-3). He was circumcised when e…
Isaiah
(Heb. Yesh’yahu, i.e., “the salvation of Jehovah”). (1.) The son of Amoz (Isa. 1:1; 2:1), who was apparently a man of humble rank. His wife was called “the prophetess” (8:3), either because she was e…
Isaiah, Book Of
I. Chapters 1-5 contain Isaiah’s prophecies in the reigns of Uzziah and Jotham, foretelling that the present prosperity of Judah should be destroyed, and that Israel should be brought to desolation. …
Isaiah, The Book Of
Consists of prophecies delivered (Isa. 1) in the reign of Uzziah (1-5), (2) of Jotham (6), (3) Ahaz (7-14:28), (4) the first half of Hezekiah’s reign (14:28-35), (5) the second half of Hezekiah’s rei…
Iscah
Spy, the daughter of Haran and sister of Milcah and Lot (Gen. 11:29, 31).
Iscariot.
ISCAR'IOT. See Judas Iscariot.
Ish-bosheth
Man of shame or humiliation, the youngest of Saul’s four sons, and the only one who survived him (2 Sam. 2-4). His name was originally Eshbaal (1 Chr. 8:33; 9:39). He was about forty years of age whe…
Ish-pan
hid; broken in two
Ish-tob
good man
Ishbah
(praising), a man in the line of Judah, commemorated as the “father of Eshtemos.” (1 Chronicles 4:17)
Ishbak
Leaving, one of Abraham’s sons by Keturah (Gen. 25:2).
Ishbi-benob
My seat at Nob, one of the Rephaim, whose spear was three hundred shekels in weight. He was slain by Abishai (2 Sam. 21:16, 17).
Ishbibenob
(he that dwells at Nobl), son of Rapha, one of the race of Philistine giants, who attacked David in battle, but was slain by Abishai. (2 Samuel 21:16,17) (B.C. 1018.)
Ishbosheth
(man of shame) the youngest of Saul’s four sons, and his legitimate successor. (B.C. 1068.) Ish-bosheth was “forty years old when he began to reign over Israel, and reigned two years.” (2 Samuel 3:10…
Ishi
My husband, a symbolical name used in Hos. 2:16 (See BAALI.)
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)
Ishmachiah
cleaving to the Lord