Ishmai'ah (lleb. Yiskmayah', ti^S^ui';', and in 1 Chron. xxvii, 19 in the paragogic form Yishmaya'hi, !1iT^"^t;3^, heard by Jehovah), the name of two of Da- vid's oflrtcers. See David.
1. (Sept, ^ii^taiac, Yulg. Samajas, Auth. Vers. " Is- maiah.") A (iiheonite, one of the chiefs of those war- riors who relinc[uishcd the cause of Saul, the head of their tribe, and joined themselves to David when he was at Zildag (1 Chron. xii, 4). B.C. 104G. He is de- scribed as "a hero (f/ihbor) among the thirty and over the thirty" — i. e. David's body-guard: bnt his name does not appear in the lists of the guard in 2 Sam. xxiii and 1 Chron. xi. Possibly he was killed in some en- counter before David reached the throne.— Smith.
2. (Sept. Sojuoi'oe, Yulg. JtSTOo/a.?, Auth. Vers. •■ Ish- maiah.") Son of Obadiah, and viceroy of Zebidon un- der David and Solomon (1 Chron. xxvii, 19). B.C. 1014.
Ish'meelite occurs in the A. V. at Gen. xxxvii, 25, 27, 28 ; xxix, 1 , as a general name of the Abrahamic peoples of the " east country" or Bene-Kedem (q. v.) ; but elsewhere (1 Chron. ii, 17) in the strict sense of the proper Ishjiaei.ites (as Anglicized in Judg. viii, 24 ; Psa. Ixxxiii, G), with which the Heb. name corresponds.
Ish'merai {Heh.Yiskmeray', "^ j'STTJI' for ri^"l^i^1'j preserved by Jehovah ; Septuag. 'Ie(Taf.tapi), one of the "sons" of Elpaal, a chief Benjamite resident at Jerusa- lem (1 Chron. viii, 18). B.C. ante 588.
I'shod (Hch.Ishhod', lirtp'^lS!, man oj" splendor, i. e. in countenance or in fame; Sept. simply 2oii^,Yulg. translates vir deco?-us), a son of Hammoleketh, the sis- ter of Machir of Gilead (1 Chron. vii, 18). B.C. cir. 1G58.
Ish'pan (Heb. Yishpan', ISTTJ"', prob. hid, but Ge- senius 6a/(/,FUrst strong ; Sept. 'l£(T(taj/,A"ulg. Jf.'</j/iam\
ISHTOB
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ISIDORE
one of the " sons" of Shashak, a Benjamite chief resident at Jerusalem (1 Chron. viii, 22). B.C. ante 588.
Ish'-tob (Heb. Ish-ToV, ni;2-i:;iX, man of Toh [i. e. good}; Sept. 'l(Trw/3 ; Josephus'Iffrw/Soc; YuV^.Istob), apparently one of the small kingdoms or states which formed part of the general country of Aram, named with Zobah, Kehob, and Maacah (2 Sam. x, 6, 8). In the parallel account of 1 Chron. xix Ishtob is omitted. By Josephus {Ant. vii, 6, 1) the name is given as that of a king. But though in the ancient versions the name is given as one word, it is probable that the real significa- tion is " the men of 'fob" (q. v.), a district mentioned ako in connection with Ammon in the records of Jeph- thah (Judg. xi, 3, 5), and again, perhaps, under the shape of ToBiE or TuBiENi, in the history of the Maccabees (1 Mace. V, 13-, 2 Mace, xii, 17). — Smith.
Ish'uah (Heb. YMvah', nvr"', vmform; Septuag. 'iiCToiia, but 'liaaova in Gen. ; Vulg. Jesiia), the second named of the sons of Asher (Gen. xlvi, 17 ; 1 Chron. vii, 30, in which latter passage it is Anglicized " Isuah"). B.C. 1856. He appears to have left no issue (compare Numb, xxvi, 44).
Ish'uai (1 Chron. vii, 30). See Isuui, 1.
Ish'ui (Heb. Yishri', "^VJ", uniform^, the name of tAvo men.
1. (Sept. in Gen. xlvi, 17, 'ItvX ; Vulg. Je.isiti, Auth. Vers. "Isui;" in Numb. xxvi,44,'If(Toi';, .A'.s-«((/, '• Jesui;" in 1 Chron. vii,30, 'hjaoui, Jessui, " Ishuai"). The third named of the sons of Asher, and founder of a family that bore his name (" Jesuites," Numb, xxvi, 44). B.C. 1856.
2. (Septuag. 'Itffaovi, Josephus 'Iirfovi;, A nt. vi. 6, 6 ; Vulg. Jes5i(i, Auth. Vers. "Ishui"). The second named of the three oldest sons of king Saul (1 Sam. xiv, 49) ; probably the same with Abinadab (1 Sam. xxxi, 2 ; comp. 1 Chron. viii, 33). See Ish-bosheth.
Isidore of Alexandria, St., was born in Egj^pt about the year 318, and led for a time the life of a her- mit in the wilderness of the Thebaid and in the desert of Nitria. St. Athanasius ordained him priest, and give him the charge of a hospital, whence Isidore is also call- ed the Hospitaller. After the death of Athanasius, Isi- dore courageously defended his works and his memory against the attacks of the Arians. Having got into dif- ficulties with Theophilus, patriarch of Alexandria, Isi- dore was obliged to flee to Constantinople, where he died in 403. The Greek Church commemorates him on the 15th of January. See Palladius, //«.«^ /.rt^maca ; Hoefer, Noia: Bio(j. Ghierale, xvi, 56. (J. N. P.)
Isidore, St., bishop of Cordova, and an eminent Spanish theologian and historian, who flourished in the 4th century, is supposed to have died about 380. The chronicle of Flav. Dexter mentions him as having con- tinued St. Jerome's Chronicon to the year 380; Sigebert de Gembloux attributes to him also a Commentarius in Orosii Libros Rer/iim ; but Florez and Antonio show good grounds for discrediting this assertion. Antonio even gives very strong reasons for considering this Isi- dore an imaginary individual, as well as another Isi- dore, likewise supposed to have been bishop of Cordova in 400-430, whom Dexter considers to be the author of a Liber Allegoriarum and a Commentarius in Litcam. See Bivarius, Notm ad Dextrum; Antonio, Bibliotheca Jfispana vetm, i, 249 ; Fabricius, Bibl. Med. et InfimtB Latinitatis ; Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xxvi, 56. (J. N. P.)