Ikkesh — the meaning of the Hebrew name עִקֵּשׁ

עִקֵּשׁ

ʻIqqêsh · pronounced ik-kashe' · Strong's H6142 · a man

Ikkesh means perverse.

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עִקֵּשׁ ʻiqqêsh (the same as, H6141) — distorted open in the lexicon ›

the same as H6141; perverse; Ikkesh, an Israelite.

2Sam 23:26 Helez the Paltite, Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite, (KJV)

3 occurrences in 3 verses — 2 Samuel, 1 Chronicles

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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