How to Pronounce Kish

kihsh

Kish is pronounced kihsh (kɪʃ): one syllable.

What does Kish mean?

Kish means “hard; difficult; straw; for age”.

Hitchcock’s Bible Names (1869), public domain.

Who was Kish?

Kish was a Benjamite, the son of Abiel and father of Saul, Israel's first king (1 Samuel 9:1). It was the loss of Kish's donkeys that sent Saul searching and led him to the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 9:3).

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