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Isui – Izri
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Isui
(quiet), third son of Asher, () founder of a family called after him, though in the Authorized Version appearing as THE JESUITES. () (B.C. 1706.)
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Italy
This word is used in the New Testament, (; ; ) in the usual sense of the period, i.e. in its true geographical sense, as denoting the whole natural peninsula between the Alps and the Straits of Messina.
Ithai
(with the Lord), a Benjamite, son of Ribai of Gibeah, one of the heroes of David’s guard. () (B.C. 1046.)
Ithamar
(land of palms), the youngest son of Aaron. () (B.C. 1491.) After the death of Nadab and Abihu, () Eleazar and Ithamar were appointed to succeed to their places in the priestly office. (,,; ,; ) In the distribution of services belonging to the tabernacle, and its transport on the march of the Israelites, the Gershonites and the Merarites were placed under the superintendence of Ithamar. (; ) The high priesthood passed into the family of Ithamar in the person of Eli, but for what reason we are not informed.
Ithiel
(God is with me).
1. A Benjamite, son of Jesaiah. ()
2. One of two persons --Ithiel and Ucal-- to whom Agur ben-Jakeh delivered his discourse. () (B.C. about 900.)
Ithmah
(bereavedness), a Moabite, one of the heroes of David’s guard. ()
Ithnan
(given), one of the towns in the extreme south of Judah. () No trace of its existence has yet been discovered.
Ithra
(excellence), an Israelite, () or Ishmaelite, () the father of Amasa by Abigail, David’s sister. (B.C. before 1023.)
Ithran
(excellence).
1. A son of Dishon, a Horite, (; ) and probably a phylarch of a tribe of the Horim. () (B.C. about 1800.)
2. A descendant of Asher. ()
Ithream
(abundance of people), son of David, born to him in Hebron, and distinctly specified as the sixth, and as the child of Eglah, David’s wife. (; )
Ithrite
(belonging to Jether), The, the designation of two of the members of David’s guard, Ira and Gareb. (; ) They may have come from Jattir, in the mountains of Judah. (B.C 1046.)
Ittahkazin
(time of the judge), one of the landmarks of the boundary of Zebulun. () It has not been identified.
Ittai
(with the Lord).
1. "Ittai the Gittite," i.e. the native of Gath, a Philistine in the army of King David. He appears only during the revolution of Absalom. (B.C. 1023.) We first discern him on the morning of David’s flight. The king urges him to return. (,) Comp. ; ; ,,,20 But ittai is firm; he is the king’s slave, and wherever his master goes he will go. Accordingly he is allowed by David to proceed. When the army was numbered and organized by David at Mahanaim, Ittai again appears, now in command of a third part of the force. (,,)
2. Son of Ribai, from Gibeah of Benjamin; one of the thirty heroes of David’s guard. ()
Ituraea
(land of Jether), a small province on the northwestern border of Palestine, lying along the base of Mount Hermon, only mentioned in () Jetur the son of Ishmael gave his name like the rest of his brethren, to the little province he colonized. (,) It adjoined Trachonitis, and lay along the base of Libanus between Tiberias and Damascus. At the place indicated is situated the modern province of Jedur , which is the Arabic form of the Hebrew Jetur
Ivah
(ruined), or A’va , which is mentioned in Scripture twice, (; ) comp. In connection with Hena and Sepharvaim, and once, () in connection with Babylon and Cuthah, must be sought in Babylonia, and is probably identical with the modern Hit, on the Euphrates.
Ivory
The word translated "ivory" literally signifies the "tooth" of any animal, and hence more especially denotes the substance of the projecting tusks of elephants. The skilled work-men of Hiram, king of Tyre, fashioned the great ivory throne of Solomon, and overlaid it with pure gold. (; ) The ivory thus employed was supplied by the caravans of Dedan, (; ) or was brought, with apes and peacocks, by the navy of Tarshish. () The "ivory house" of Ahab, () was probably a palace, the walls of which were panelled with ivory, like the palace of Menelaus described by Homer. Odys. iv. 73. Beds inlaid or veneered with ivory were in use among the Hebrews. ()
Izehar
(oil), the form in which the name Izhar is given in the Authorized Version of () only.
Izeharites
(descendant of Izhar), The. A family of Kohathite Levites, descended from Izhar the son of Kohath, () called also "Izharites" (,)
Izhar
(oil), son of Kohath grandson of Levi, uncle of Aaron and Moses and father of Korah. (,; ; ; ,) (B.C. after 1490.) Izhar was the head of the family of the Izharites, (; ) or Izeharites. (; ,)
Izrahiah
(whom Jehovah causes to sparkle), a chieftain of Issachar. ()
Izrahite
(descendant of Zerah), The, the designation of Shamhuth () Its real force probably Zerahite, that is, from the great Judaic family of Zerah.
Izri
(creator), a Levite leader of the fourth course or ward in the service of the house of God. () In ver. 3 he is called ZERI. (B.C. 1014.)
William Smith, A Dictionary of the Bible (1884 edition). Public domain. Text from the CrossWire Bible Society.