קִישׁQîysh

Meanings

Same root

• קוֹשׁqôwsh · H6983to set a trap
• ΚίςKís · G2797Cis (i.e. Kish), an Israelite

Where it appears

Appears 21 times in the Bible.

• 1 Samuel 9:1 There was a wealthy, influential man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. He was the son of Abiel, son of Zeror, son of Becorath, son of Aphiah, of the tribe of Benjamin.
• 1 Samuel 9:3 One day Kish’s donkeys strayed away, and he told Saul, “Take a servant with you, and go look for the donkeys.”
• 1 Samuel 10:11 When those who knew Saul heard about it, they exclaimed, “What? Is even Saul a prophet? How did the son of Kish become a prophet?”
• 1 Samuel 10:21 Then he brought each family of the tribe of Benjamin before the Lord, and the family of the Matrites was chosen. And finally Saul son of Kish was chosen from among them. But when they looked for him, he had disappeared!
• 1 Samuel 14:51 Saul’s father, Kish, and Abner’s father, Ner, were both sons of Abiel.
• 2 Samuel 21:14 Then the king ordered that they bury the bones in the tomb of Kish, Saul’s father, at the town of Zela in the land of Benjamin. After that, God ended the famine in the land.