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Lexicon :: Strong's H3448 - yišay

Aa
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†.
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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 women who were her neighbours gave it a name, saying, Naomi has a child; and they gave him the name of Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22 - And Obed became the father of Jesse, and Jesse became the father of David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:1 - And the Lord said to Samuel, How long will you go on sorrowing for Saul, seeing that I have put him from his place as king over Israel? Take oil in your vessel and go; I will send you to Jesse, the Beth-lehemite: for I have got a king for myself among his sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3 - And send for Jesse to be present at the offering, and I will make clear to you what you are to do: and you are to put the holy oil on him whose name I give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - And he said, In peace: I have come to make an offering to the Lord: make yourselves clean and come with me to make the offering. And he made Jesse and his sons clean, and sent for them to be present at the offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 - Then Jesse sent for Abinadab and made him come before Samuel. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 - Then Jesse made Shammah come before him. And he said, The Lord has not taken this one.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10 - And Jesse made his seven sons come before Samuel. And Samuel said to Jesse, The Lord has not taken any of these.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel said to Jesse, Are all your children here? And he said, There is still the youngest, and he is looking after the sheep. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and make him come here: for we will not take our seats till he is here.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then one of the servants in answer said, I have seen a son of Jesse, the Beth-lehemite, who is expert at playing, and a strong man and a man of war; and he is wise in his words, and pleasing in looks, and the Lord is with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - So Saul sent his servants to Jesse and said, Send me your son David who is with the sheep.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - And Jesse took five cakes of bread and a skin of wine and a young goat and sent them to Saul by David.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - And Saul sent to Jesse saying, Let David be with me, for he is pleasing to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:12 - Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah named Jesse, who had eight sons; and he was an old man in Saul's day, and far on in years.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - And the three oldest sons of Jesse had gone with Saul to the fight: the names of the three who went to the fight were Eliab, the oldest, and Abinadab the second, and Shammah the third.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:17 - And Jesse said to his son David, Take now for your brothers an ephah of this dry grain and these ten cakes of bread, and go quickly with them to the tents to your brothers;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:20 - And David got up early in the morning, and, giving the sheep into the care of a keeper, took the things and went as Jesse had said; and he came to the lines where the carts were, when the army was going out to the fight giving their war-cry.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - And Saul said to him, Young man, whose son are you? And David in answer said, I am the son of your servant Jesse of Beth-lehem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - And on the day after the new moon, that is, the second day, there was still no one in David's seat: and Saul said to his son Jonathan, Why has the son of Jesse not come to the feast yesterday or today?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - Then Saul was moved to wrath against Jonathan, and he said to him, You son of an evil and uncontrolled woman, have I not seen how you have given your love to the son of Jesse, to your shame and the shame of your mother?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - For while the son of Jesse is living on the earth, your position is unsafe and your kingdom is in danger. So make him come here to me, for it is certainly right for him to be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - Then Saul said to his servants who were there about him, Give ear now, you Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give to every one of you fields and vine-gardens, 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 all of you have made designs against me, and not one of you gave me word when my son made an agreement with the son of Jesse, and not one of you has pity for me or has made my eyes open to the fact that my servant has been moved by my son against me, as at this day?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then Doeg, the Edomite, who was by the side of the servants of Saul, in answer said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech, the son of Ahitub.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - And Saul said to him, Why have you made designs against me with the son of Jesse, giving him food and a sword and getting directions from the Lord for him, and helping him to take up arms against me, and to be on the watch to make a secret attack on me as he is doing now?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:1 - Now by chance there was present a good-for-nothing person named Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he, sounding the horn, said, We have no part in David, or any interest in the son of Jesse: let every man go to his tent, O Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 23:1 - Now these are the last words of David. David, the son of Jesse, says, the man who was lifted up on high, the man on whom the God of Jacob put the holy oil, the loved one of Israel's songs, says:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 12:16 - And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? to your tents, O Israel; now see to your people, David. So Israel went away to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13 - And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, and Abinadab, the second, and Shimea, the third,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14 - And not to the Lord: for this reason, he put him to death and gave the kingdom to David, the son of Jesse.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, We are yours, David, we are on your side, O son of Jesse: may peace be with you and peace be with your helpers; for God is your helper. Then David took them into his army and made them captains of the band.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 29:26 - Now David, the son of Jesse, was king over all Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:16 - And when all Israel saw that the king would give no attention to them, the people in answer said to the king, What part have we in David? what is our heritage in the son of Jesse? every man to your tents, O Israel; now see to your house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 11:18 - And Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath, the daughter of Jerimoth, the son of David and of Abihail, the daughter of Eliab, the son of Jesse;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:20 - The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. <A Psalm. Of Asaph.>

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:1 - And there will come a rod out of the broken tree of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots will give fruit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:10 - And in that day, the eyes of the nations will be turned to the root of Jesse which will be lifted up as the flag of the peoples; and his resting-place will be glory.
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