Mishma
מִשְׁמָע/MISH-mah/
“A hearing or report”
Summary
Mishma was the name of both a son of Ishmael and a descendant of Simeon, both of whom became progenitors of family lines.
☩Identity
Two men bear this name in Scripture. The first Mishma was the fifth of Ishmael's twelve sons, who became heads of Arabian tribes. The people called by Ptolemy the 'Masamanes,' located northeast of Medina, may have descended from this Mishma, and Arabic writers mention the Beni-Mismah tribe. The second Mishma was a son of Mibsam in the genealogy of the tribe of Simeon, father of Hamuel.
Key verses:Genesis 25:141 Chronicles 1:301 Chronicles 4:25-26
References
- 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Mishma," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. VI (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
- 2.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Mishma," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).