Kish

Kish Scripture - 2 Chronicles 29:12

Then the Levites arose, Mahath the son of Amasai, and Joel the son of Azariah, of the sons of the Kohathites: and of the sons of Merari, Kish the son of Abdi, and Azariah the son of Jehalelel: and of the Gershonites; Joah the son of Zimmah, and Eden the son of Joah:...

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Kish Scripture - 1 Chronicles 23:21

The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. The sons of Mahli; Eleazar, and Kish....

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Kish Scripture - 1 Chronicles 26:28

And all that Samuel the seer, and Saul the son of Kish, and Abner the son of Ner, and Joab the son of Zeruiah, had dedicated; [and] whosoever had dedicated [any thing, it was] under the hand of Shelomith, and of his brethren....

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Kish in Wikipedia

Kish (qish; Kis, Keis, "bow," "power")[1](c.1104 - c.1029 BC) was the the father of the Israelite King Saul (1 Chronicles 12:1 ), the first king of the Israelites......

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Kish in Easton's Bible Dictionary

a bow. (1.) A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr. 23:21; 24:29). (2.) A Benjamite of Jerusalem (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) A Levite in the time of Hezekiah (2 Chr. 29:12). (4.) The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Esther 2:5). (5.) A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul (1 Sam. 9:1, 3; 10:11, 21; 14:51; 2 Sam. 21:14). All that...

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Kish in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("bow".) 1. Saul's father, son of Abiel, of Benjamin, brother of Abner (1 Samuel 9:1-21; 1 Samuel 14:51). 1 Chronicles 8:33 passes over many intermediate links between Saul and Ner, the son of Abi (the father) of Gibeon. 2. A descendant of Benjamin, of the family of Gibeon, distinct from Saul's father (1 Chronicles 8:30). 3. A Merarite Le...

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Kish in Hitchcock's Bible Names

hard; difficult; straw; for age...

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Kish in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

kish (qish; Kis, Keis, "bow," "power"): The name of five persons mentioned in the Bible: (1) The son of Abiel and the father of Saul, the first king of Israel. He was of the tribe of Benjamin, of the family of the Matrites (1 Sam 9:1; 14:51; compare Acts 13:21; 1 Sam 10:21). According to 1 Ch 8:33 and 9:39, "Ner begat Kish" By reading "Ner beg...

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Kish in Naves Topical Bible

-1. Father of Saul 1Sa 9:1-3; 10:21; 2Sa 21:14 Called CIS (A. V.) in Ac 13:21 -2. A Benjamite 1Ch 8:30; 9:36 -3. A Levite 1Ch 23:21,22; 24:29 -4. A Levite 2Ch 29:12 -5. Great grandfather of Mordecai Es 2:5...

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Kish in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(a bow). 1. The father of Saul; a Benjamite of the family of Matri. (B.C. 1095.) 2. Son of Jehiel and uncle to the preceding. 1Ch 9:36 3. A Benjamite, great-grandfather of Mordecai. Es 2:5 4. A Merarite of the house of Mahli, of the tribe of Levi. 1Ch 23:21,22; 24:28,29...

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