Kish

Holman Bible Dictionary

 1 Samuel 9:2 1 Samuel 9:1 1 Chronicles 8:33 1 Samuel 9:3 1 Samuel 9:21 2 Samuel 21:14

2. A Benjaminite, the third son of Jeiel of Gibeon and Maacah ( 1 Chronicles 8:29-30;  1 Chronicles 9:35-36 ).  3 . The second son of Mahli who belonged to the Merari family of Levites. Kish's sons married his brother's daughters ( 1 Chronicles 23:21-22 ). Kish's son, Jerahmeel, became the head of the family of Kish ( 1 Chronicles 24:29 ).  4 . Son of Abdi, also of the Merari family of Levites. He assisted in cleansing the Temple during the time of Hezekiah ( 2 Chronicles 29:12 ).  5 . The Benjaminite ancestor of Mordecai ( Esther 2:5 ).

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

("bow".)

1. Saul's father, son of Abiel, of Benjamin, brother of Abner ( 1 Samuel 9:1-21;  1 Samuel 14:51).  1 Chronicles 8:33 passes over many intermediate links between Saul and Ner, the son of Abi (the father) of Gibeon.

2. A descendant of Benjamin, of the family of Gibeon, distinct from Saul's father ( 1 Chronicles 8:30).

3. A Merarite Levite, son of Abdi, in Hezekiah's days; sanctified himself to cleanse the temple ( 2 Chronicles 29:12). The Levitical house under its chief, rather than an individual, is meant here by Kish.

4.  1 Chronicles 23:21 KISH or Kishi ancestor of Ethan the minstrel ( 1 Chronicles 6:44;  1 Chronicles 15:17) KISH or Kushaiah

5.  Esther 2:5.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

KISH . 1. The father of Saul the first king of Israel (  1 Samuel 9:1;   1 Samuel 10:21;   1 Samuel 14:51 ,   Acts 13:21 ). His home was at Gibeah (rendered ‘the hill of God’ and ‘the hill’ in both AV [Note: Authorized Version.] and RV [Note: Revised Version.] of   1 Samuel 10:5;   1 Samuel 10:10 ). 2 . The uncle of the foregoing (  1 Chronicles 8:30;   1 Chronicles 9:36 ). 3 . The eponym of a family of Merarite Levites ( 1Ch 23:21-22;   1 Chronicles 24:29 ,   2 Chronicles 29:12 ). 4 . A Benjamite ancestor of Mordecai (  Esther 2:5 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Abiel a Benjamite and father of Saul, king of Israel.  1 Samuel 9:1,3;  1 Samuel 10:11,21;  1 Samuel 14:51;  2 Samuel 21:14;  1 Chronicles 8:33 , etc. Called CIS in  Acts 13:21 .

2. Son of Jehiel, a Benjamite.  1 Chronicles 8:30;  1 Chronicles 9:36 . Probably the uncle of No. 1. See NER.

3. Son of Mahli and grandson of Merari.  1 Chronicles 23:21,22;  1 Chronicles 24:29 .

4. Son of Abdi, a descendant of Merari.  2 Chronicles 29:12 .

5. Ancestor of Mordecai.  Esther 2:5 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul ( 1 Samuel 9:1,3;  10:11,21;  14:51;  2 Samuel 21:14 ). All that is recorded of him is that he sent his son Saul in search of his asses that had strayed, and that he was buried in Zelah. Called Cis,  Acts 13:21 (RSV, Kish).

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Kish'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/k/kish.html. 1897.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Kish. (A Bow).

1. The father of Saul; a Benjamite of the family of Matri. (B.C. 1095).

2. Son of Jehiel and uncle to Kish, 1 .  1 Chronicles 9:36.

3. A Benjamite, great-grandfather of Mordecai.  Esther 2:5.

4. A Merarite of the house of Mahli, of the tribe of Levi.  1 Chronicles 23:21-22;  1 Chronicles 24:28-29.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

There were several of this name in Scripture. (See  1 Samuel 9:1;  1 Chronicles 8:30;  2 Chronicles 29:12) The word itself simply means somewhat hard.

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

(קִישׁ, Κίς), the father of Saul, called Cis in the Authorized Version( Acts 13:21).

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) A workman's name for the graphite which forms incidentally in iron smelting.

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. id. קַישׁ , a Trap, otherwise a Horn; Sept. Κείς or Κίς , N.T. Κίς , Auth. Vers. " Cis,"  Acts 13:21), the name of five men.

1. The second of the two sons of Mahli (grandson of Levi); his sons married their cousins, heiresses of his brother Eleazar ( 1 Chronicles 23:21-22). One of these sons was named Jerahmeel ( 1 Chronicles 24:29). B.C. cir. 1658.

2. A Benjamite of Jerusalem (i.e. the northern neighborhood of Jebus), third named of the sons of Jehiel (of Gibeon) by Maachah ( 1 Chronicles 8:30;  1 Chronicles 9:36). B.C. apparently cir. 1618.

3. A wealthy and powerful Benjamite, son of Ner ( 1 Chronicles 8:33;  1 Chronicles 9:39), and father of king Saul ( 1 Samuel 9:3;  1 Samuel 10:11;  1 Samuel 10:21;  1 Samuel 14:51;  1 Chronicles 9:39;  1 Chronicles 12:1;  1 Chronicles 26:28). He was thus the grandson ( 1 Samuel 9:1, " son" [q.v.]) of Abiel (q.v.). (See Ner). No incident is mentioned respecting him excepting his sending Saul in search of the strayed asses ( 1 Samuel 9:3), and that he was buried in Zelah ( 2 Samuel 21:14). B.C. 1093. In  Acts 13:21 he is called CIs. See SAUL.

4. A Levite of the family of Merari, son of Abdi, and one of those who assisted Hezekiah in restoring the true religion ( 2 Chronicles 29:12). B.C. 726.

5. A Benjamite, the father of Shimei, and greatgrandfather of Mordecai ( Esther 2:5). B.C. considerably ante 598.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

kish ( קישׁ , ḳı̄sh  ; Κίς , Kı́s , Κείς , Keı́s , "bow," "power"): The name of five persons mentioned in the Bible:

(1) The son of Abiel and the father of Saul, the first king of Israel. He was of the tribe of Benjamin, of the family of the Matrites ( 1 Samuel 9:1;  1 Samuel 14:51; compare  Acts 13:21;  1 Samuel 10:21 ). According to  1 Chronicles 8:33 and   1 Chronicles 9:39 , "Ner begat Kish" By reading "Ner begat Abner" (compare  1 Samuel 14:51;  1 Chronicles 6:28 ), the difficulty is at least partly overcome. In  1 Chronicles 12:1 , Kish is also mentioned as the father of Saul, and again in  2 Samuel 21:14 , we are told that the sepulcher of Kish was located in the country of Benjamin, in Zela. His place of residence seems to have been at Gibeah.

(2) Another Kish is mentioned ( 1 Chronicles 8:29 f;   1 Chronicles 9:35 f) as the son of Jeiel and his wife Maacah. He is usually supposed to be the uncle of Saul's father.

(3) A L evite, the son of Mahli the Merarite ( 1 Chronicles 23:21 f; compare   1 Chronicles 24:29 ).

(4) Another Merarite Levite in the time of Hezekiah ( 2 Chronicles 29:12 ).

(5) The great-grandfather of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin ( Esther 2:5 ).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

Kish, son of Ner, and father of King Saul .