Easton's Bible Dictionary My husband, a symbolical name used in Hosea 2:16 (see BAALI.) Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ISHI (1) ish'-i (yish`i, "salutary"): (1) A Jerahmeelite (1 Chronicles 2:31); the genealogy may denote his membership by blood, or only by adoption, in the tribe of Judah. (2) A Judahite (1 Chronicles 4:20). (3) A Simeonite, whose sons led 500 of their tribe against the Amalekites in Mt. Seir (1 Chronicles 4:42). (4) One of the chiefs of Manasseh East of the Jordan (1 Chronicles 5:24). ISHI (2) 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.

Multi-Version Concordance Ishi (5 Occurrences) 1 Chronicles 2:31 The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 4:20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 4:42 Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) 1 Chronicles 5:24 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses. (WEB KJV JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Hosea 2:16 And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali. (KJV JPS ASV BBE WBS NAS)