Bible Person
Meaning: who is empty or exhausted · Male · 2 cross references
Ishbak is one of Abraham's sons by Keturah and part of the wider Abrahamic family beyond the covenant line of Isaac. He belongs to the broader spread of peoples descending from Abraham. First appears in Gen 25:2.1
AI summary: Ishbak matters because the cross references place him among the sons of Keturah, showing again that Abraham's fruitfulness extends into many peoples and lines beyond Israel. His inclusion widens the remembered reach of Abraham's family while keeping the covenant line distinct. Taken together, the material presents Ishbak as a Keturah-line descendant whose place broadens the map of Abraham's house.1
Father
Abraham
Meaning: father of a great multitude
Mother
Keturah
Meaning: that makes the incense to fume
Central Figure
Ishbak
Meaning: who is empty or exhausted
Leaving, one of Abraham’s sons by Keturah (Gen.
AI-assisted summary prepared for ai-BIBLE and stored as page content, based on dictionary material, person metadata, and linked Bible cross references.
Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0.
Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.