Ishi

ish'-i (yish`i, "salutary"):

(1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Chr 2:31); the genealogy may denote his membership by blood, or only by adoption, in the tribe of Judah.

(2) A Judahite (1 Chr 4:20).

(3) A Simeonite, whose sons led 500 of their tribe against the Amalekites in Mt. Seir (1 Chr 4:42).

(4) One of the chiefs of Manasseh East of the Jordan (1 Chr 5:24).

ish'-i, i'-shi ('ishi, "my husband"; Septuagint ho aner mou): The name symbolic of Yahweh's relation to Israel which Hosea (2:16) declares shall be used when Baali, "my lord," has become hateful on account of its associations with the worship of the Baals.