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H376

אִישׁ

ʼîysh [eesh] Noun
Core meaninga man as an individual or a male person

Lexical Definition

Strong's Hebrew H376

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)

KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802 .
Etymology: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant );
Brown–Driver–Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

man also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare.

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