Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
My husband, a symbolical name used in Hos. 2:16 (See BAALI.)
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863)
(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).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)
I'SHI (saving). 1,2. Judites. 1 Chr 2:31; 1 Chr 4:20. A Simeonite. 1 Chr 4:42. A Manassite. 1 Chr 5:24.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898) & Schaff's Bible Dictionary
I'SHI, Hos 2:16, signifying my husband, and BAALI, in the same passage, signifying my Lord, are figuratively used to denote that Israel once played the whore in serving idols, but would now serve the living God. The latter having been used in idol-worship, would become obsolete in this sense. Hos 2:17.
Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869)
salvation