Person of Interest

    Kish

    meaning: hard; difficult; straw; for age

    1



Dictionary Summary:A Benjamite, the son of Abiel, and father of king Saul ([1 Sam. 9:1](/1sam#1Sam.9.1), [3](/1sam#1Sam.9.3); [10:11](/1sam#1Sam.10.11), [21](/1sam#1Sam.10.21); [14:51](/1sam#1Sam.14.51); [2 Sam. 21:14](/2sam#2Sam.21.14)). All that is recorded of him is that he sent his son Saul in search of his asses that had strayed, and that he was buried in Zelah. Called Cis, [Acts 13:21](/acts#Acts.13.21) (R.V., Kish). 2


Father

    Abiel

    meaning: God my father

    1

Mother

    Maachah

    meaning: pressed down; worn; fastened

    1

Siblings

    Abdon

    meaning: servant; cloud of judgment

    1

    Ahio

    meaning: his brother; his brethren

    1

    Baal

    meaning: master; lord

    1

    Gedor

    meaning: 

    1

    Mikloth

    meaning: little wants; little voices; looking downward

    1

    Nadab

    meaning: free and voluntary gift; prince

    1

    Ner

    meaning: a lamp; new-tilled land

    1

    Zacher

    meaning: 

    1

    Zur

    meaning: stone; rock; that besieges

    1

Children

    Saul

    meaning: demanded; lent; ditch; death

    1


Cross References
BookCross-References
1Sam
    9.1 9.3 10.11 10.21 14.51 
2Sam
    21.14 
1Chr
    8.30 8.33 9.36 9.39 12.1 26.28 
Acts
    13.21 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

      1

      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. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.