Island
Island in biblical usage can mean an actual island or, more broadly, a habitable maritime region or coastland. The term often refers to lands around the Mediterranean Sea.
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Isle
Isle is a biblical term for an island, inhabited land, or maritime district. It may refer broadly to the Mediterranean coastlands, including regions of Greece and Asia Minor.
Ismachiah
Ismachiah was the name of a Gibeonite warrior who joined David and of a Levite appointed to oversee offerings during Hezekiah’s religious reforms.
Ispah
Ispah was a Benjamite descendant of Beriah and one of the heads of his tribal family.
Israel
Israel was the name God gave Jacob after his struggle at Peniel and became the common name for his descendants, the twelve tribes. It also designated the northern kingdom and, in some passages, God’s faithful people.
ISRAEL, HISTORY OF
The history of Israel traces the people from the patriarchs, through Egypt, the exodus, conquest, judges, monarchy, divided kingdoms, exile, and restoration, into the period of Greek and Roman rule. Scripture presents this history as the providential preparation for God’s redemptive work in Christ.
Israel, Kingdom of
The Kingdom of Israel was the northern kingdom formed after Solomon’s reign when the ten tribes separated from Judah under Jeroboam. It lasted until Samaria fell to Assyria and the people were deported.
Israelite
Israelite means a descendant or member of Israel, the people descended from Jacob. The term identifies a person as belonging to the covenant nation.
Issachar
Issachar was Jacob’s ninth son and Leah’s fifth son. His tribe received a fertile territory in northern Palestine, including the plain of Esdraelon, and was counted among the tribes of Israel.
Isshiab
Isshiab is a personal name meaning “whom Jehovah lends.” The supplied source provides no further identifying information.
ISSHIAH
Isshiah is the name of several men: a descendant of Tola, a warrior who joined David at Ziklag, and two Levites or priests. The name means “Yah exists.”
ISSUE (OF BLOOD)
An issue of blood is a bodily discharge or hemorrhage. Mosaic law treated certain discharges as causing ritual uncleanness, while the Gospels describe the woman healed after suffering a long hemorrhage.
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