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Ishbak

Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.

A son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2; 1 Chr 1:32).

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The Lexham Bible Dictionary

Ishbak, Son of Abraham

Ishbak, Son of Abraham (יִשְׁבָּק‎, yishbaq). A son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2; 1 Chr 1:32).

The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary

Ishbak (Person)

ISHBAK (PERSON) [Heb yišbāq (יִשְׁבָּק)]. The fifth son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2; 1 Chr 1:32). Abraham, in order to remove rivals to Isaac’s claim to his inheritance, provided gifts to Ishbak and his brothers and sent them to eastern areas (Gen 25:6). No descendants of Ishbak are mentioned

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised

Ishbak

Ishbak ishʹbak [Heb. yišbāq]. A name in the list of sons of Abraham by Keturah (Gen. 25:2; 1 Ch. 1:32). Cf. the personal name Shobek in Neh. 10:24 (MT 25).

The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia

Ishbak

ISHBAK. The name carried by the descendants of Ishbak, one of the sons of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2). According to the Annals of Shalmaneser III (858–824) they seem to have settled in N Syria (ANET, pp. 277 f.).

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible

Ishbak

Ishbak (Heb. yišbāq)A son of Abraham and his concubine Keturah (Gen. 25:2; 1 Chr. 1:32); eponymous ancestor of an Arabian people.

Eerdmans Bible Dictionary

Ishbak

Ishbak [ĭshˊbăk] (Heb. yišbāq “may he be victorious”[?]). A son of Abraham and his concubine, Keturah (Gen. 25:2; 1 Chr. 1:32); eponymous ancestor of an Arabian nation.

Catholic Bible Dictionary

Ishbak

ISHBAK (Hebrew yišbāq) The fifth son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen 25:2; 1 Chr 1:32).

Smith’s Bible Dictionary

Ishbak

Ish´bak (left behind), a son of Abraham and Keturah, Gen. 25:2; 1 Chron. 1:32, and the progenitor of a tribe of northern Arabia. (b.c. after 1856.)

The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary

Ishbak

ISH´BAK (ishʹbak; “leaving”). A son of Abraham and Keturah (Gen. 25:2; 1 Chron. 1:32); after 2030 b.c., and the progenitor of a tribe of northern Arabia.

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