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Genesis 16:16
Masoretic Text 1524
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Hebrew-English Dictionary
God will hear; {Jishmael} the name of Abraham´ s oldest {son} and of five Israelites
Ishmael = "God will hear"
1. son of Abraham and Sarah's handmaid Hagar and the progenitor of the Arabian peoples
2. son of Nethaniah and the murderer of Gedaliah
3. a Benjamite, one of the sons of Azel a descendant of Saul through Meribbaal or Mephibosheth
4. a Judaite, father of Zebadiah
5. a Judaite, son of Johanan and one of the captains who aided Jehoiada in restoring Joash to the throne
6. a priest of the family of Pashur with a foreign wife whom he was forced to put away by Ezra
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.