Bible Person

Kish

Meaning: hard; difficult; straw; for age · Male · 1 cross reference

This Kish entry refers to the ancestor in Esther 2:5 and father of Shimei, not to Saul's father or the Levite in Hezekiah's time. He belongs to the family background through which Mordecai's identity is traced. First appears in Esth 2:5.1

AI summary: This Kish matters because his single cross reference helps root Mordecai within a remembered Benjaminite line in exile. The entry adds historical and family depth to the identity of one of the book of Esther's central figures. Taken together, the material presents this Kish as an ancestral figure in Mordecai's lineage.1

Central Figure

Kish

Meaning: hard; difficult; straw; for age

The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Esther 2:5).