kish Summary and Overview

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 is recorded of him is that he sent his son Saul in search of his asses that had strayed, and that he was buried in Zelah. Called Cis, Acts 13:21 (R.V., Kish).

(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|

KISH (a bow). 1. A Levite, grandson of Merari. 1 Chr 23:21; 1 Chr 24:29. 2. A Benjamite. 1 Chr 8:30; 1 Chr 9:36. 3. Father of King Saul, of the family of Matri, son of Ner. 1 Sam 9:1, Num 1:3; 1 Sam 10:11, 2 Chr 11:21; Lev 14:51; 2 Sam 21:14; 1 Chr 8:33; 1 Chr 9:39; Neh 12:1; 1 Chr 26:28. 4. A Levite. 2 Chr 29:12. 5. A Benjamite and ancestor of Mordecai. Est 2:5. In Acts 13:21 he is called Cis.

("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 Levite, son of Abdi, in Hezekiah's days; sanctified himself to cleanse the temple (2 Chronicles 29:12). The Levitical house under its chief, rather than an individual, is meant here by Kish. 4. 1 Chronicles 23:21 KISH or KISHI, ancestor of Ethan the minstrel (1 Chronicles 6:44; 1 Chronicles 15:17) KISH or KUSHAIAH. 5. Esther 2:5.