A name from Scripture
Hamish
HAY-mish
Meaning
Supplanter; He who follows
Scottish/Hebrew origin · Boy
What it points to
Hamish is the renamed supplanter — Jacob transformed to Israel, the schemer who wrestled God and emerged a prince.
Verses · King James Version
“Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.”
Genesis 32:28
“Thy name is Jacob: thy name shall not be called any more Jacob, but Israel shall be thy name.”
Genesis 35:10