קִישׁ

Detailed Definition

• 1a benjamite of the family of matri, father of king saul
• 2an ancestor of mordecai
• 3son of gibeon and brother of abdon, zur, baal, ner, nadab, gedor, ahio, zechariah, and mikloth; uncle of kish the father of king saul
• 4a merarite levite, son of mahli and grandson of merari the progenitor of the family
• 5a merarite levite, son of abdi in the time of king hezekiah of judah