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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†.
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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:17 - The neighbor women said, “Now at last Naomi has a son again!” And they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse and the grandfather of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22 - Obed was the father of Jesse.
Jesse was the father of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - Now the LORD said to Samuel, “You have mourned long enough for Saul. I have rejected him as king of Israel, so fill your flask with olive oil and go to Bethlehem. Find a man named Jesse who lives there, for I have selected one of his sons to be my king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3 - Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you which of his sons to anoint for me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - “Yes,” Samuel replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Purify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then Samuel performed the purification rite for Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice, too.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 - Then Jesse told his son Abinadab to step forward and walk in front of Samuel. But Samuel said, “This is not the one the LORD has chosen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 - Next Jesse summoned Shimea,[fn] but Samuel said, “Neither is this the one the LORD has chosen.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10 - In the same way all seven of Jesse’s sons were presented to Samuel. But Samuel said to Jesse, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel asked, “Are these all the sons you have?”
“There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied. “But he’s out in the fields watching the sheep and goats.”
“Send for him at once,” Samuel said. “We will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - One of the servants said to Saul, “One of Jesse’s sons from Bethlehem is a talented harp player. Not only that—he is a brave warrior, a man of war, and has good judgment. He is also a fine-looking young man, and the LORD is with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - So Saul sent messengers to Jesse to say, “Send me your son David, the shepherd.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - Jesse responded by sending David to Saul, along with a young goat, a donkey loaded with bread, and a wineskin full of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - Then Saul sent word to Jesse asking, “Please let David remain in my service, for I am very pleased with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem in the land of Judah. Jesse was an old man at that time, and he had eight sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - Jesse’s three oldest sons—Eliab, Abinadab, and Shimea[fn]—had already joined Saul’s army to fight the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - One day Jesse said to David, “Take this basket[fn] of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread, and carry them quickly to your brothers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - So David left the sheep with another shepherd and set out early the next morning with the gifts, as Jesse had directed him. He arrived at the camp just as the Israelite army was leaving for the battlefield with shouts and battle cries.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - “Tell me about your father, young man,” Saul said.
And David replied, “His name is Jesse, and we live in Bethlehem.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - But when David’s place was empty again the next day, Saul asked Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse been here for the meal either yesterday or today?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - Saul boiled with rage at Jonathan. “You stupid son of a whore!”[fn] he swore at him. “Do you think I don’t know that you want him to be king in your place, shaming yourself and your mother?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - As long as that son of Jesse is alive, you’ll never be king. Now go and get him so I can kill him!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - “Listen here, you men of Benjamin!” Saul shouted to his officers when he heard the news. “Has that son of Jesse promised every one of you fields and vineyards? Has he promised to make you all generals and captains in his army?[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - Is that why you have conspired against me? For not one of you told me when my own son made a solemn pact with the son of Jesse. You’re not even sorry for me. Think of it! My own son—encouraging him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then Doeg the Edomite, who was standing there with Saul’s men, spoke up. “When I was at Nob,” he said, “I saw the son of Jesse talking to the priest, Ahimelech son of Ahitub.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me?” Saul demanded. “Why did you give him food and a sword? Why have you consulted God for him? Why have you encouraged him to kill me, as he is trying to do this very day?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - “Who is this fellow David?” Nabal sneered to the young men. “Who does this son of Jesse think he is? There are lots of servants these days who run away from their masters.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 - There happened to be a troublemaker there named Sheba son of Bicri, a man from the tribe of Benjamin. Sheba blew a ram’s horn and began to chant:
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Come on, you men of Israel,
back to your homes!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 - These are the last words of David:
“David, the son of Jesse, speaks—
David, the man who was raised up so high,
David, the man anointed by the God of Jacob,
David, the sweet psalmist of Israel.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - When all Israel realized that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
Look out for your own house, O David!” So the people of Israel returned home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - Boaz was the father of Obed.
Obed was the father of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13 - Jesse’s first son was Eliab, his second was Abinadab, his third was Shimea,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14 - instead of asking the LORD for guidance. So the LORD killed him and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the leader of the Thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, David!
We are on your side, son of Jesse.
Peace and prosperity be with you,
and success to all who help you,
for your God is the one who helps you.” So David let them join him, and he made them officers over his troops.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:26 - So David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - When all Israel realized[fn] that the king had refused to listen to them, they responded,
“Down with the dynasty of David!
We have no interest in the son of Jesse.
Back to your homes, O Israel!
Look out for your own house, O David!” So all the people of Israel returned home.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18 - Rehoboam married his cousin Mahalath, the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:20 - (This ends the prayers of David son of Jesse.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - Out of the stump of David’s family[fn] will grow a shoot—
yes, a new Branch bearing fruit from the old root.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - In that day the heir to David’s throne[fn]
will be a banner of salvation to all the world.
The nations will rally to him,
and the land where he lives will be a glorious place.[fn]
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