Person Old Testament
Ishi
Ishi was a son of Shimon, a descendant of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 4:20.
Why it matters. Son of Shimon, descendant of Judah.
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Ishi
Ishi is mentioned in a genealogy of the descendants of Judah (1Ch.4.20). He was the son of Shimon, who was from the clan of Judah. No other details are provided about Ishi's life or role within the clan. The genealogy focuses on tracing the lineage of Judah's descendants, and Ishi is listed as part of this family line. His name, which means "my husband" or "my man," is the only information given in the text.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
- Children
- Ben-zohethZoheth
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)