King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H380
Transliteration: ishon
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-shone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: the pupil (of the eye)
Meaning: the little man of the eye, the pupil, ball, the middle
Word Summary
ishon: the pupil (of the eye)
Original Word: אִישׁוֹןTransliteration: ishon
Phonetic Spelling: (ee-shone')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: the pupil (of the eye)
Meaning: the little man of the eye, the pupil, ball, the middle
Strong's Concordance
apple of the eye, black, obscure Diminutive from 'iysh; the little man of the eye; the pupil or ball; hence, the middle (of night) -- apple (of the eye), black, obscure.
see HEBREW 'iysh
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H380. ishon
אִישׁוֺן noun [masculine] pupil of eye (compare DlHA 9 PrätLoPh, Feb. 1884, but also Arabic , & NöZMG 1886, 739) — ׳א all construct — ׳א עַיִן Deuteronomy 32:10; Proverbs 7:2; ׳א בַּתעַֿיִן Psalm 17:8 (in all, simile of preciousness); = middle, midst of night ׳בְּא וַאֲפֵלָה לַיְלָה Proverbs 7:9; ׳בְּא חשֶׁח 20:20 Kt i.e. in deep darkness (Qr בֶּאֱשׁוּן see Now).
אִישַׁי see יִשַׁי.
אֱשׁוּן Qr Proverbs 20:20 see אִישׁוֺן below אישׁ.