H8664 H8664
Tishbite; a gentilic adjective identifying Elijah as from Tishbe in Gilead.
A gentilic designation meaning 'the Tishbite,' used exclusively to identify the prophet Elijah. The term appears six times in Kings, always in the formula 'Elijah the Tishbite' (1 Kgs 17:1; 21:17, 28; 2 Kgs 1:3, 8; 9:36). Translations across languages are strikingly uniform — English 'the Tishbite,' Spanish 'el tisbita,' French 'le Tishbite,' German 'der Tishbite' — all simply transliterating the gentilicic. The place Tishbe is traditionally located in Gilead, east of the Jordan, grounding the fiery prophet in the rugged Transjordanian highlands.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A gentilic adjective denoting origin from the town of Tishbe (likely in Gilead), used solely as an epithet for the prophet Elijah. Every occurrence follows the fixed formula 'Elijah the Tishbite' across 1–2 Kings (e.g., 1 Kgs 17:1; 2 Kgs 1:8). The LXX renders it ὁ Θεσβ(ε)ίτης. All modern translations — Spanish 'el tisbita,' French 'le Tishbite,' German 'der Tishbite' — retain the transliterated form, treating it as a proper designation rather than translating its possible etymological meaning. 6×
AR["ال-تِّشْبِيِّ", "ال-تِّشْبِيّ", "التِّشْبيِّ", "التِّشْبِيُّ", "التِّشْبِيِّ"]·ben["তিশবীয়", "তিশবীয়ের", "তিশ্বীয়", "তিশ্বীয়ের"]·DE["der-Tishbite"]·EN["the-Tishbite"]·FR["le-Tishbite"]·heb["ה-תשבי"]·HI["तिशबी", "तिशबी-से", "तिश्बी", "तिश्बी-ה", "हतिश्बी"]·ID["-orang-Tisbe", "orang-Tisbe"]·IT["il-Tishbite"]·jav["tiyang-Tisbe", "tiyang-Tisbé"]·KO["그-디셉인", "덖벳-사람의", "디셉-사람"]·PT["o-Tishbita", "o-tisbita", "o-tishbita"]·RU["-Тишбиянин", "-Тишбиянину", "Тишвитянин", "Тишвитянина", "фесвитянину"]·ES["el-tisbita", "el-tishbita"]·SW["Mtishbi"]·TR["Tisbeli", "Tişbeli", "Tişbeli-o"]·urd["تشبی", "ہ-تشبی"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† תִּשְׁבִּי adj.gent., אֵלִיָּהוּ הַתּ׳ 1 K 17:1; 21:17, 28; 2 K 1:3, 8; 9:36;—ὁ Θεσβ(ε)ίτης.