Kish

E110497

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

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kish canonical 11

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure ⓘ
person in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
ancestorOf Abner ⓘ
appearsInTradition Christian tradition ⓘ
Jewish tradition ⓘ
associatedWithLocation Gibeah of Benjamin ⓘ
linked to: Gibeah
culturalContext ancient Israel ⓘ
linked to: Ancient Israel
describedAs Benjaminite figure in the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
ethnicity Israelite ⓘ
linked to: Israelites
familyRole father in the house of Saul ⓘ
fatherOf Ner (according to some biblical genealogies) ⓘ
linked to: Ner

Saul ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Kish ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
mentionedIn 1 Samuel ⓘ
1 Samuel 14 ⓘ
1 Samuel 9 ⓘ
Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh

Old Testament ⓘ
linked to: Bible
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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

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

King Saul → father → Kish ⓘ
Saul → father → Kish ⓘ
Kish → givenName → Kish ⓘ
Kesh → knownAs → Kish ⓘ
House of Saul → hasMember → Kish ⓘ
Ner → hasRelative → Kish ⓘ
Ner → fatherOf → Kish ⓘ
Abiel → hasRelationTo → Kish ⓘ
Saul, first king of Israel → father → Kish ⓘ
subject linked to: Shaul