Ishmael meaning

ĭsh'mē-əl, -mā-
In the Bible, the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac. He is traditionally considered to be the forebear of the Arabs.
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An outcast.
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The son of Abraham and Hagar: he and his mother were made outcasts: Gen. 21:9-21
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An outcast.
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(Abrahamic religions) The eldest son of Abraham and his wife's handmaiden Hagar who were cast out after the birth of Isaac; traditionally the ancestor of the Arabs.
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A male given name.
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Origin of ishmael

From Hebrew יִשְׁמָעֵאל (yishma'él (yišmāʿēl), “God hears, God will hear”).

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  • 21), and the references to Esau and Ishmael as representative world-powers (Gen.

  • 15 it is clearly implied that Ishmael has been carried by his mother, yet according to xvi.

  • 8-10); and where Johanan went against Ishmael to avenge the murder of Gedaliah (Jer.

  • See further Ishmael, and note that the pair Isaac and Ishmael correspond to Abraham and Lot, Jacob and Esau.

  • 22, 3) - Sennacherib conquered a fortress of "Aribi" named Adumu, - and Jetur is obviously the Ituraea of classical geographers.4 "Ishmael," therefore, is used in a wide sense of the wilder, roving peoples encircling Canaan from the north-east to the south, related to but on a lower rank than the "sons" of Isaac. It is practically identical with the term "Arabia" as used by the Assyrians.

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