אִישׁ ʼîysh

Meaning

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

In the King James Version: also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802 (אִשָּׁה).

Derivation: contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);

Where it is used

• Proverbs 26:21 Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
• Proverbs 27:8 Like a bird that strays from its nest is a man who wanders from his home.
• Proverbs 27:17 As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
• Proverbs 27:21 A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but a man is tested by the praise accorded him.
• Proverbs 28:11 A rich man is wise in his own eyes, but a poor man with discernment sees through him.
• Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man will abound with blessings, but one eager to be rich will not go unpunished.
• Proverbs 28:22 A stingy man hastens after wealth and does not know that poverty awaits him.
• Proverbs 28:24 He who robs his father or mother, saying, “It is not wrong,” is a companion to the man who destroys.
• Proverbs 29:1 A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
• Proverbs 29:3 A man who loves wisdom brings joy to his father, but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.
• Proverbs 29:4 By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
• Proverbs 29:6 An evil man is caught by his own sin, but a righteous one sings and rejoices.
• Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
• Proverbs 29:13 The poor man and the oppressor have this in common: The LORD gives light to the eyes of both.
• Proverbs 29:20 Do you see a man who speaks in haste? There is more hope for a fool than for him.
• Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up dissension, and a hot-tempered man abounds in transgression.
• Proverbs 29:26 Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
• Proverbs 29:27 An unjust man is detestable to the righteous, and one whose way is upright is detestable to the wicked.
• Proverbs 30:2 Surely I am the most ignorant of men, and I lack the understanding of a man.
• Ecclesiastes 1:8 All things are wearisome, more than one can describe; the eye is not satisfied with seeing, nor the ear content with hearing.
• Ecclesiastes 4:4 I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• Ecclesiastes 6:2 God gives a man riches, wealth, and honor, so that he lacks nothing his heart desires; but God does not allow him to enjoy them. Instead, a stranger will enjoy them. This is futile and a grievous affliction.
• Ecclesiastes 6:3 A man may father a hundred children and live for many years; yet no matter how long he lives, if he is unsatisfied with his prosperity and does not even receive a proper burial, I say that a stillborn child is better off than he.
• Ecclesiastes 7:5 It is better to heed a wise man’s rebuke than to listen to the song of fools.
• Ecclesiastes 9:15 Now a poor wise man was found in the city, and he saved the city by his wisdom. Yet no one remembered that poor man.
• Song of Solomon 3:8 All are skilled with the sword, experienced in warfare. Each has his sword at his side prepared for the terror of the night.
• Song of Solomon 8:7 Mighty waters cannot quench love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all the wealth of his house for love, his offer would be utterly scorned.
• Song of Solomon 8:11 Solomon had a vineyard in Baal-hamon. He leased it to the tenants. For its fruit, each was to bring a thousand shekels of silver.
• Isaiah 2:9 So mankind is brought low, and man is humbled—do not forgive them!
• Isaiah 3:2 the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
• Isaiah 3:5 The people will oppress one another, man against man, neighbor against neighbor; the young will rise up against the old, and the base against the honorable.
• Isaiah 3:6 A man will seize his brother within his father’s house: “You have a cloak—you be our leader! Take charge of this heap of rubble.”
• Isaiah 4:1 In that day seven women will take hold of one man and say, “We will eat our own bread and provide our own clothes. Just let us be called by your name. Take away our disgrace!”
• Isaiah 5:3 “And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
• Isaiah 5:7 For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
• Isaiah 5:15 So mankind will be brought low, and each man humbled; the arrogant will lower their eyes.
• Isaiah 6:5 Then I said: “Woe is me, for I am ruined, because I am a man of unclean lips dwelling among a people of unclean lips; for my eyes have seen the King, the LORD of Hosts.”
• Isaiah 7:21 On that day a man will raise a young cow and two sheep,
• Isaiah 9:19 By the wrath of the LORD of Hosts the land is scorched, and the people are fuel for the fire. No man even spares his brother.
• Isaiah 9:20 They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.
• Isaiah 13:8 Terror, pain, and anguish will seize them; they will writhe like a woman in labor. They will look at one another, their faces flushed with fear.
• Isaiah 13:14 Like a hunted gazelle, like a sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land.
• Isaiah 14:16 Those who see you will stare; they will ponder your fate: “Is this the man who shook the earth and made the kingdoms tremble,
• Isaiah 14:18 All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb.
• Isaiah 19:2 “So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
• Isaiah 21:9 Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
• Isaiah 31:7 For on that day, every one of you will reject the idols of silver and gold that your own hands have sinfully made.
• Isaiah 31:8 “Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.
• Isaiah 32:2 Each will be like a shelter from the wind, a refuge from the storm, like streams of water in a dry land, like the shadow of a great rock in an arid land.
• Isaiah 36:6 Look now, you are trusting in Egypt, that splintered reed of a staff that will pierce the hand of anyone who leans on it. Such is Pharaoh king of Egypt to all who trust in him.
• Isaiah 36:16 Do not listen to Hezekiah, for this is what the king of Assyria says: Make peace with me and come out to me. Then every one of you will eat from his own vine and his own fig tree, and drink water from his own cistern,
• Isaiah 36:18 Do not let Hezekiah mislead you when he says, ‘The LORD will deliver us.’ Has the god of any nation ever delivered his land from the hand of the king of Assyria?
• Isaiah 40:13 Who has directed the Spirit of the LORD, or informed Him as His counselor?
• Isaiah 40:26 Lift up your eyes on high: Who created all these? He leads forth the starry host by number; He calls each one by name. Because of His great power and mighty strength, not one of them is missing.
• Isaiah 41:6 Each one helps the other and says to his brother, “Be strong!”
• Isaiah 41:28 When I look, there is no one; there is no counselor among them; when I ask them, they have nothing to say.
• Isaiah 42:13 The LORD goes forth like a mighty one; He stirs up His zeal like a warrior. He shouts; yes, He roars in triumph over His enemies:
• Isaiah 44:13 The woodworker extends a measuring line; he marks it out with a stylus; he shapes it with chisels and outlines it with a compass. He fashions it in the likeness of man, like man in all his glory, that it may dwell in a shrine.
• Isaiah 46:11 I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose from a far-off land. Truly I have spoken, and truly I will bring it to pass. I have planned it, and I will surely do it.
• Isaiah 47:15 This is what they are to you—those with whom you have labored and traded from youth—each one strays in his own direction; not one of them can save you.