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Ishi
Open directlyEaston's Bible Dictionary · 1897
My husband, a symbolical name used in Hos. 2:16 (See BAALI.)
Scripture references
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).
Scripture references
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.
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.
Scripture references
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · 1869
salvation
Schaff's Dictionary of the Bible · 1880
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.