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Lexicon :: Strong's H3448 - yišay

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יִשַׁי
Transliteration
yišay
Pronunciation
yee-shah'-ee
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the same as יֵשׁ (H3426)
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TWOT Reference: 926

Strong’s Definitions

יִשַׁי Yishay, yee-shah'-ee; by Aramaic אִישַׁי ʼÎyshay; from the same as H3426; extant; Jishai, David's father:—Jesse.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x

The KJV translates Strong's H3448 in the following manner: Jesse (42x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 42x
The KJV translates Strong's H3448 in the following manner: Jesse (42x).

  1. Jesse = "I possess"

    1. grandson of Boaz and the father of king David

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יִשַׁי Yishay, yee-shah'-ee; by Aramaic אִישַׁי ʼÎyshay; from the same as H3426; extant; Jishai, David's father:—Jesse.
STRONGS H3448: Abbreviations
יִשַׁי 41 proper name, masculine father of David (etymology dubious; Ol§ 277 f. conjecture יֵשׁ יָהּ; We1 Samuel 14:49 ישׁי = אישׁי = אבישׁי (but see this)) — יִשַׁי 1 Samuel 16:3 + 29 times; יִשָׁ֑י 1 Samuel 16:19 + 10 times; Greek Version of the LXX Ιεσσαι; (וְ)אִישַׁי 1 Chronicles 2:13; — יִשַׁי בֵּיתֿ הַלַּחְמִי jesse the Bethlehemite 1 Samuel 16:1, 18 (בֶּןיֿשׁי וגו׳, of David), 1 Samuel 17:58; ישׁי also 1 Samuel 16:3 + 14 times 1 Samuel 16:17; † son of עוֺבֵד according to Ruth 4:17, 22 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 2:12; דָּוִ(י)ד בֶּןיֿשׁי 2 Samuel 23:1; 1 Chronicles 10:14; 1 Chronicles 29:26; Psalm 72:20; אֱלִיאָב בֶּןיֿשׁי 2 Chronicles 11:18; elsewhere בֶּןיֿשׁי alone = David, 1 Samuel 20:27, 30, 31; 1 Samuel 22:7, 8, 9, 13; 1 Samuel 25:10; 2 Samuel 20:1; 1 Kings 12:16 = 2 Chronicles 10:16; 1 Chronicles 12:18; גֶּזַע יִשָׁ֑י Isaiah 11:1; שֹׁרֶשׁ יְשֵׁי Isaiah 11:10 of Jesse as ancestor of future (Messianic) king†.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Ruth

4:17; 4:22

1 Samuel

14:49; 16:1; 16:3; 16:3; 16:17; 16:18; 16:19; 17:58; 20:27; 20:30; 20:31; 22:7; 22:8; 22:9; 22:13; 25:10

2 Samuel

20:1; 23:1

1 Kings

12:16

1 Chronicles

2:12; 2:13; 10:14; 12:18; 29:26

2 Chronicles

10:16; 11:18

Psalms

72:20

Isaiah

11:1; 11:10

H3448

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3448 matches the Hebrew יִשַׁי (yišay),
which occurs 42 times in 39 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:17 - And the neighbours gave it a name, saying, A son has been born to Noemin; and they called his name Obed; this is the father of Jessæ the father of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22 - And Obed begot Jessæ; and Jessæ begot David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jessæ, to Bethleem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3 - And thou shalt call Jessæ to the sacrifice, and I will make known to thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint him whom I shall mention to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - And he said, [fn]Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and rejoice with me this day: and he sanctified Jessæ and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 - And Jessæ called Aminadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 - And Jessæ caused Sama to pass by: and he said, Neither has God chosen [fn]this one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10 - And Jessæ caused his seven sons to pass before Samuel: and Samuel said, The Lord has not chosen these.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - And Samuel said to Jessæ, [fn]Hast thou no more sons? And Jessæ said, There is yet [fn]a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jessæ, Send and fetch him, for we may not sit down till he comes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jessæ the Bethleemite, and [fn]he understands playing on the harp, and the man is prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man is handsome, and the Lord is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - And Saul sent messengers to Jessæ, saying, Send to me thy son David who is with thy flock.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - And Jessæ took a homer of bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - And Saul sent to Jessæ, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - And it came to pass on the morrow, on the second day of the month, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jessæ attended both yesterday and to-day at the table?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of [fn]traitorous damsels! for do I not know that thou art an accomplice with the son of Jessæ to thy shame, and to the shame of thy mother's nakedness?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - For [fn]so long as the son of Jessæ lives upon the earth, thy kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he [fn]shall surely die.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jessæ indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - that ye are all conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jessæ, and there is no one of you that [fn]is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as it is this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - And Doec the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul [fn]answered and said, I saw the son of Jessæ as he came to Nomba to Abimelech son of Achitob the priest.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jessæ conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest enquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as he is this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jessæ? now-a-days there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 - And there was a transgressor so called there, and his name was Sabee, a Benjamite, the son of Bochori: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessæ: to thy tents, O Israel, every one.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 - And these are the last words of David. Faithful is David the son of Jessæ, and faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, and beautiful are the psalms of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jessæ. Depart, O Israel, to thy tents: now feed thine own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - and Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jessæ.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13 - And Jessæ begot his first-born Eliab, Aminadab was the second, Samaa the third,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14 - and he sought not the Lord: so he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - (LXX 12:19) And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, thou and thy people, peace, peace be to thee, and peace to thy helpers, for thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:26 - And David the son of Jessæ reigned over Israel forty years;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - for the king did not hearken to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, or inheritance in the son of Jessæ? to thy tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18 - And Roboam took to himself for a wife Moolath daughter of Jerimuth the son of David, and Abigaia daughter of Heliab the son of Jessæ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:20 - (LXX 71:20) The hymns of David the son of Jessæ are ended.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - [fn] And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from his root:

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And in that day [fn] there shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall arise to rule over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust, and his rest shall be glorious.
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