hearing; obeying
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
MISHMA.1. A son of Ishmael (Gen_25:14 = 1Ch_1:30). 2. The eponym of a Simeonite family (1Ch_4:25).
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
1. Son of Ishmael (Gen_25:14); Masamani: Ptolemy 6:7, 21). There is an Arab tribe now, Renee Misma.
2. Simeon's son (1Ch_4:25).
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
Mish'ma. (a hearing).
1. A son of Ishmael, and brother of Mibsam. Gen_25:14; 1Ch_1:30.
2. A son of Simeon, 1Ch_4:25, brother of Mibsam.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
mish'ma (משׁמע, mishmā‛):
(1) A son of Ishmael (Gen_25:14; 1Ch_1:30).
(2) A Simeonite (1Ch_4:25).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Mishma
(Heb. Mishmanza', מַשְׁמָע, hearing, as in Isa_11:3; Sept. Μασμά), the name of two men.
1. The fifth of the twelve sons of Ishmael, and heads of Arabian tribes (Gen_25:14; 1Ch_1:30). B.C. considerably post 2061. The people called by Ptolemy Mcescemanes (6:7, 21, ), who were located to the north-east of Medina, were probably descended from him. Arabic writers mention the Beni-Mismah (Freytag, Hamas, II, 1:220), but nothing is known of them (Kilobel, Genes. ad loc.). SEE ARABIA.
2. The son of Mibsan, of the tribe of Simeon, and father of Hamuel (1Ch_4:25-26). B.C. considerably ante 1053.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.