Mishma

Easton's Bible Dictionary

A Simeonite (1 Chronicles 4:25,26 ).

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

Bibliography InformationEaston, Matthew George. Entry for 'Mishma'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/m/mishma.html. 1897.

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:14); Masamani: Ptolemy 6:7, 21). There is an Arab tribe now, Renee Misma.

2. Simeon's son (1 Chronicles 4:25).

Holman Bible Dictionary

Genesis 25:141 Chronicles 1:3021 Chronicles 4:38-43

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

MISHMA. 1. A son of Ishmael ( Genesis 25:14 = 1 Chronicles 1:30 ). 2. The eponym of a Simeonite family ( 1 Chronicles 4:25 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Ishmael. Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30 .

2. Son of Mibsam, a descendant of Simeon. 1 Chronicles 4:25,26 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Mish'ma. (a hearing).

1. A son of Ishmael, and brother of Mibsam. Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30.

2. A son of Simeon, 1 Chronicles 4:25, brother of Mibsam.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

mish'ma ( משׁמע , mishmā‛ ):

(1) A son of Ishmael (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30 ).

(2) A S imeonite (1 Chronicles 4:25 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Mishmanza', מַשְׁמָע, hearing, as in Isaiah 11:3; Sept. Μασμά ), the name of two men.

1. The fifth of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and heads of Arabian tribes (Genesis 25:14; 1 Chronicles 1:30). B.C. considerably post 2061. The people called by Ptolemy Mcescemanes (6:7, 21, ), who were located to the north-east of Medina, were probably descended from him. Arabic writers mention the Beni-Mismah (Freytag, Hamas, II, 1:220), but nothing is known of them (Kilobel, Genes. ad loc.). (See Arabia).

2. The son of Mibsan, of the tribe of Simeon, and father of Hamuel (1 Chronicles 4:25-26). B.C. considerably ante 1053.