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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)
Dictionary Aids

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†.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:17 -

The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22 -

Obed fathered Jesse,

and Jesse fathered David.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 -

The LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem because I have selected for myself a king from his sons.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3 -

“Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will let you know what you are to do. You are to anoint for me the one I indicate to you.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 -

“In peace,” he replied. “I’ve come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.”[fn] Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 -

Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel. “The LORD hasn’t chosen this one either,” Samuel said.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 -

Then Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD hasn’t chosen this one either.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10 -

After Jesse presented seven of his sons to him, Samuel told Jesse, “The LORD hasn’t chosen any of these.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 -

Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have? ”

“There is still the youngest,” he answered, “but right now he’s tending the sheep.” Samuel told Jesse, “Send for him. We won’t sit down to eat until he gets here.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 -

One of the young men answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the lyre. He is also a valiant man, a warrior, eloquent, handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 -

Then Saul dispatched messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 -

So Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a wineskin, and one young goat and sent them by his son David to Saul.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 -

Then Saul sent word to Jesse: “Let David remain in my service, for he has found favor with me.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 -

Now David was the son of the Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah named Jesse. Jesse had eight sons and during Saul’s reign was already an old man.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 -

Jesse’s three oldest sons had followed Saul to the war, and their names were Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, the next, and Shammah, the third,

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 -

One day Jesse had told his son David, “Take this half-bushel[fn] of roasted grain along with these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 -

So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with someone to keep it, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had charged him.

He arrived at the perimeter of the camp as the army was marching out to its battle formation shouting their battle cry.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 -

Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man? ”

“The son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David answered.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 -

However, the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why didn’t Jesse’s son come to the meal either yesterday or today? ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 -

Then Saul became angry with Jonathan and shouted, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Don’t I know that you are siding with Jesse’s son to your own shame and to the disgrace of your mother?[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 -

“Every day Jesse’s son lives on earth you and your kingship are not secure. Now send for him and bring him to me ​— ​he must die! ”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 -

Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin: Is Jesse’s son going to give all of you fields and vineyards? Do you think he’ll make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 -

“That’s why all of you have conspired against me! Nobody tells me when my own son makes a covenant with Jesse’s son. None of you cares about me or tells me that my son has stirred up my own servant to wait in ambush for me, as is the case today.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 -

Then Doeg the Edomite, who was in charge of Saul’s servants, answered, “I saw Jesse’s son come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 -

Saul asked him, “Why did you and Jesse’s son conspire against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him, so he could rise up against me and wait in ambush, as is the case today.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 -

Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is Jesse’s son? Many slaves these days are running away from their masters.

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 -

Now a wicked man, a Benjaminite named Sheba son of Bichri, happened to be there. He blew the ram’s horn and shouted:

We have no portion in David,

no inheritance in Jesse’s son.

Each man to his tent,[fn] Israel!

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 -

These are the last words of David:

The declaration of David son of Jesse,

the declaration of the man raised on high,[fn]

the one anointed by the God of Jacob.

This is the most delightful of Israel’s songs.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 -

When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered him:

What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

Israel, return to your tents;

David, now look after your own house!

So Israel went to their tents,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 -

Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13 -

Jesse fathered Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14 -

but he did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 -

Then the Spirit enveloped[fn] Amasai, chief of the Thirty, and he said:

We are yours, David,

we are with you, son of Jesse!

Peace, peace to you,

and peace to him who helps you,

for your God helps you.

So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:26 -

David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 -

When all Israel saw[fn] that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king:

What portion do we have in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

Israel, each to your tent;

David, look after your own house now!

So all Israel went to their tents.

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18 -

Rehoboam married Mahalath, daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:20 -

The prayers of David son of Jesse are concluded.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 -

Then a shoot will grow from the stump of Jesse,

and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 -

On that day the root of Jesse

will stand as a banner for the peoples.

The nations will look to him for guidance,

and his resting place will be glorious.

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