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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 - and the neighbouring women give to him a name, saying, 'There hath been a son born to Naomi,' and they call his name Obed; he is father of Jesse, father of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22 - and Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And Jehovah saith unto Samuel, 'Till when art thou mourning for Saul, and I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thy horn with oil, and go, I send thee unto Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, for I have seen among his sons for Myself a king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3 - and thou hast called for Jesse in the sacrifice, and I cause thee to know that which thou dost do, and thou hast anointed to Me him of whom I speak unto thee.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - and he saith, 'Peace; to sacrifice to Jehovah I have come, sanctify yourselves, and ye have come in with me to the sacrifice;' and he sanctifieth Jesse and his sons, and calleth them to the sacrifice.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 - And Jesse calleth unto Abinadab, and causeth him to pass by before Samuel; and he saith, 'Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 - And Jesse causeth Shammah to pass by, and he saith, 'Also on this Jehovah hath not fixed.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10 - And Jesse causeth seven of his sons to pass by before Samuel, and Samuel saith to Jesse, 'Jehovah hath not fixed on these.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - And Samuel saith unto Jesse, 'Are the young men finished?' and he saith, 'Yet hath been left the youngest; and lo, he delighteth himself among the flock;' and Samuel saith unto Jesse, 'Send and take him, for we do not turn round till his coming in hither.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - And one of the servants answereth and saith, 'Lo, I have seen a son of Jesse the Beth-Lehemite, skilful in playing, and a mighty virtuous man, and a man of battle, and intelligent in word, and a man of form, and Jehovah is with him.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - And Saul sendeth messengers unto Jesse, and saith, 'Send unto me David thy son, who is with the flock.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - And Jesse taketh an ass, with bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sendeth by the hand of David his son unto Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - And Saul sendeth unto Jesse, saying, 'Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he hath found grace in mine eyes.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - And David is son of this Ephrathite of Beth-Lehem-Judah, whose name is Jesse, and he hath eight sons, and the man in the days of Saul hath become aged among men;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - and the three eldest sons of Jesse go, they have gone after Saul to battle; and the name of his three sons who have gone into battle are Eliab the first-born, and his second Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - And Jesse saith to David his son, 'Take, I pray thee, to thy brethren, an ephah of this roasted corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - And David riseth early in the morning, and leaveth the flock to a keeper, and lifteth up, and goeth, as Jesse commanded him, and he cometh in to the path, and to the force which is going out unto the rank, and they have shouted for battle;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 17:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - and Saul saith unto him, 'Whose son art thou, O youth?' and David saith, 'Son of thy servant Jesse, the Beth-Lehemite.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - And it cometh to pass on the second morrow of the new moon, that David's place is looked after, and Saul saith unto Jonathan his son, 'Wherefore hath the son of Jesse not come in, either yesterday or to-day, unto the food?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - And the anger of Saul burneth against Jonathan, and he saith to him, 'Son of a perverse rebellious woman! have I not known that thou art fixing on the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of the nakedness of thy mother?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - for all the days that the son of Jesse liveth on the ground thou art not established, thou and thy kingdom; and now, send and bring him unto me, for he is a son of death.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - And Saul saith to his servants who are standing by him, 'Hear, I pray you, ye Benjamites; also to all of you doth the son of Jesse give fields and vineyards! all of you he doth appoint heads of thousands and heads of hundreds!

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - for ye have conspired all of you against me, and there is none uncovering mine ear about my son's covenanting with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you grieving for me, and uncovering mine ear, that my son hath raised up my servant against me, to lie in wait as at this day.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - And answer doth Doeg the Edomite, who is set over the servants of Saul, and saith, 'I have seen the son of Jesse coming in to Nob, unto Ahimelech son of Ahitub,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - And Saul saith unto him, 'Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, by thy giving to him bread and a sword, and to ask for him at God, to rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?'

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal answereth the servants of David and saith, 'Who is David, and who the son of Jesse? to-day have servants been multiplied who are breaking away each from his master;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 - And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name is Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, 'We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 - And these are the last words of David: -- 'The affirmation of David son of Jesse -- And the affirmation of the man raised up -- Concerning the Anointed of the God of Jacob, And the Sweetness of the Songs of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - And all Israel see that the king hath not hearkened unto them, and the people send the king back word, saying, 'What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in the son of Jesse; to thy tents, O Israel; now see thy house, O David!' and Israel goeth to its tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13 - and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14 - and he inquired not at Jehovah, and He putteth him to death, and turneth round the kingdom to David son of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - And the Spirit hath clothed Amasai, head of the captains: 'To thee, O David, and with thee, O son of Jesse -- peace! peace to thee, and peace to thy helper, for thy God hath helped thee;' and David receiveth them, and putteth them among the heads of the troop.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 29:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:26 - And David son of Jesse hath reigned over all Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - And all Israel have seen that the king hath not hearkened to them, and the people send back to the king, saying, 'What portion have we in David? yea, there is no inheritance in a son of Jesse; each to thy tents, O Israel; now, see thy house -- David,' and all Israel go to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18 - And Rehoboam taketh to him a wife, Mahalath, child of Jerimoth son of David, and Abigail daughter of Eliab, son of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 72:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:20 - The prayers of David son of Jesse have been ended.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - And a rod hath come out from the stock of Jesse, And a branch from his roots is fruitful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And there hath been, in that day, A root of Jesse that is standing for an ensign of peoples, Unto him do nations seek, And his rest hath been -- honour!
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