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Deuteronomy 17:12
“And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the Lord thy God, or unto the judge, even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H376 · Hebrew
- Definition
- 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)
- Derivation
- contracted for H582 (אֱנוֹשׁ) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);
- KJV renderings
- 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).
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הָ — particle (definite article)
- אִ֞ישׁ — common noun, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 2,187 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:23Genesis 2:24Genesis 3:6Genesis 3:16Genesis 4:1
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אִישׁ here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.