Kish

E110497

biblical figure person in the Hebrew Bible

Kish is a Benjaminite figure in the Hebrew Bible best known as the father of Israel’s first king, Saul.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Kish canonical	5

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical figure ⓘ person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
ancestorOf	Abner ⓘ
appearsInTradition	Christian tradition ⓘ Jewish tradition ⓘ
associatedWithLocation	Gibeah ⓘ surface form: Gibeah of Benjamin
culturalContext	Ancient Israel ⓘ surface form: ancient Israel
describedAs	Benjaminite figure in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
ethnicity	Israelites ⓘ surface form: Israelite
familyRole	father in the house of Saul ⓘ
fatherOf	Ner ⓘ surface form: Ner (according to some biblical genealogies) Saul ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Kish self-link ⓘ
languageOfName	Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn	1 Samuel ⓘ 1 Samuel 14 ⓘ 1 Samuel 9 ⓘ Tanakh ⓘ surface form: Hebrew Bible Bible ⓘ surface form: Old Testament
nameWrittenInHebrew	קִישׁ ⓘ
notableFor	being the father of Saul ⓘ
notableRelative	Jonathan (grandson or descendant) ⓘ Saul ⓘ
relativeOf	Abner ⓘ Ner ⓘ
religion	ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
residence	Gibeah ⓘ
scripturalRole	progenitor of Israel’s first king ⓘ
timePeriod	biblical period of the early Israelite monarchy ⓘ
tribe	Tribe of Benjamin ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King Saul → father → Kish ⓘ

Saul → father → Kish ⓘ

Mephibosheth → isDescendantOf → Kish ⓘ

Kish → givenName → Kish self-link ⓘ

Kesh → knownAs → Kish ⓘ