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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 - And the neighbor H7934 women H7934 gave H7121 him a name H8034, saying H559, “A son H1121 has been born H3205 to Naomi H5281!” So they named H7121 H8034 him Obed H5744. He is the father H1 of Jesse H3448, the father H1 of David H1732.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 4:22 - and Obed H5744 fathered H3205 Jesse H3448, and Jesse H3448 fathered H3205 David H1732.

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Now the LORD H3068 said H559 to Samuel H8050, “How H4970 long H5704 are you going to mourn H56 for [fn]Saul H7586, since I have rejected H3988 him from being H4427 king H4427 over H5921 Israel H3478? Fill H4390 your horn H7161 with oil H8081 and go H1980; I will send H7971 you to Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022, because H3588 I have chosen H7200 a king H4428 for Myself among his sons H1121.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:3 - “And you shall invite H7121 Jesse H3448 to the sacrifice H2077, and I will let H3045 you know H3045 what H834 you shall do H6213; and you shall anoint H4886 for Me the one whom H834 I [fn]designate H559 to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - And he said H559, “In peace H7965; I have come H935 to sacrifice H2076 to the LORD H3068. Consecrate H6942 yourselves and come H935 with me to the sacrifice H2077.” He also consecrated H6942 Jesse H3448 and his sons H1121 and invited H7121 them to the sacrifice H2077.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:8 - Then Jesse H3448 called H7121 Abinadab H41 and had him pass H5674 before H6440 Samuel H8050. But he said H559, “The LORD H3068 has not chosen H977 this H2088 one H2088, either H1571.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:9 - Next Jesse H3448 had [fn]Shammah H8048 pass H5674 by H5674. And he said H559, “The LORD H3068 has not chosen H977 this H2088 one H2088, either H1571.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:10 - So Jesse H3448 had seven H7651 of his sons H1121 pass H5674 before H6440 Samuel H8050. But Samuel H8050 said H559 to Jesse H3448, “The LORD H3068 has not chosen H977 these H428.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:11 - Then Samuel H8050 said H559 to Jesse H3448, “Are H8552 these all H8552 the boys H5288?” And he said H559, “The youngest H6996 is still H5750 left H7604, but behold H2009, he is tending H7462 the sheep H6629.” So Samuel H8050 said H559 to Jesse H3448, “Send H7971 word and bring H3947 him; for we will not take H5437 our places H5437 at H5437 the table H5437 until H5704 he comes H935 here H6311.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:18 - Then one H259 of the young H5288 men H5288 responded H6030 and said H559, “Behold H2009, I have seen H7200 a son H1121 of Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022 who is a skillful H3045 musician H5059, a valiant H2428 mighty H1368 man H1368, a warrior H4421, skillful H995 in speech H1697, and a handsome H8389 man H376; and the LORD H3068 is with him.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:19 - So Saul H7586 sent H7971 messengers H4397 to Jesse H3448 [fn]to say H559, “Send H7971 me your son H1121 David H1732, who H834 is with the flock H6629.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:20 - And Jesse H3448 took H3947 a donkey H2543 loaded with bread H3899 and a jug H4997 of wine H3196, and he took a young H1423 goat H5795, and sent H7971 them to Saul H7586 by his son H1121 David H1732.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:22 - So Saul H7586 sent H7971 word to Jesse H3448, saying H559, “Let David H1732 now H4994 [fn]be H5975 H6440 my attendant H5975 H6440 for he has found H4672 favor H2580 in my sight H5869.”

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Now David H1732 was the son H1121 of [fn]the Ephrathite H673 of Bethlehem H1035 in Judah H3063, the man whose name H8034 was Jesse H3448, and he had eight H8083 sons H1121. And [fn]Jesse was H2204 old H2204 in the days H3117 of Saul H7586, advanced H935 in years among men H376.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:13 - The three H7969 older H1419 sons H1121 of Jesse H3448 had [fn]followed H1980 H310 Saul H7586 to the battle H4421. And the names H8034 of his three H7969 sons H1121 who H834 had gone H1980 into the battle H4421 were Eliab H446 the firstborn H1060, and second H4932 to him, Abinadab H41, and the third H7992, Shammah H8048.

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Then Jesse H3448 said H559 to his son H1121 David H1732, “Take H3947 now H4994 for your brothers H251 an ephah H374 of this H2088 roasted H7039 grain H7039 and these H2088 ten H6235 loaves H3899, and run H7323 to the camp H4264 to your brothers H251.

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So David H1732 got H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and left H5203 the flock H6629 with a keeper H8104, and took H5375 the supplies and went H1980 as Jesse H3448 had commanded H6680 him. And he came H935 to the entrenchment H4570 encircling H4570 the camp H4570 while the army H2428 was going H3318 out H3318 in battle H4634 formation H4634, shouting H7321 the H7321 war H4421 cry H7321.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:58 - Then Saul H7586 said H559 to him, “Whose H4310 son H1121 are you, young H5288 man H5288?” And David H1732 answered H559, “I am the son H1121 of your servant H5650 Jesse H3448 the Bethlehemite H1022.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:27 - But it came H1961 about H1961 the next H4283 day H4283, the second H8145 day of the new H2320 moon H2320, that David’s H1732 place H4725 was H6485 empty H6485 again; so Saul H7586 said H559 to his son H1121 Jonathan H3083, “Why H4069 has the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 not come H935 to the meal H3899, either H1571 yesterday H8543 or H1571 today H3117?”

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Then Saul’s H7586 anger H639 burned H2734 against Jonathan H3083, and he said H559 to him, “You son H1121 of a perverse H5753, rebellious H4780 woman! Do I not know H3045 that you are choosing H977 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 to your own shame H1322, and to the shame H1322 of your mother’s H517 nakedness H6172?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:31 - “For, [fn]as H3605 H3117 long H3605 H3117 as the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 lives H2421 on the earth H127, neither H3808 you nor H3808 your kingdom H4438 will be established H3559. Now H6258 then, send H7971 men and bring H3947 him to me, for he is [fn]doomed H1121 to die H4194!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:7 - Saul H7586 said H559 to his servants H5650 who were standing H5324 in front H5921 of him, “Hear H8085 now H4994, you Benjaminites H1145! Will the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 really H1571 give H5414 all H3605 of you fields H7704 and vineyards H3754? Will he make H7760 you all H3605 commanders H8269 of thousands H505 and commanders H8269 of hundreds H3967?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:8 - “For all H3605 of you have conspired H7194 against H5921 me so that there H369 is H369 no H369 one H369 who [fn]informs H1540 H241 me when my son H1121 makes H3772 a covenant with the son H1121 of Jesse H3448, and there H369 is H369 none H369 of you who cares H2470 about H2470 me or [fn]informs H1540 H241 me that my son H1121 has stirred H6965 up H6965 my servant H5650 against H5921 me to lie H693 in H693 ambush H693, as it is this H2088 day H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:9 - Then Doeg H1673 the Edomite H130, who H1931 was [fn]standing H5324 in front H5921 of the servants H5650 of Saul H7586, responded H6030 and said H559, “I saw H7200 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 coming H935 to Nob H5011, to Ahimelech H288 the son H1121 of Ahitub H285.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 22:13 - Saul H7586 then said H559 to him, “Why H4100 have you and the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 conspired H7194 against H5921 me, in that you have given H5414 him bread H3899 and a sword H2719, and have inquired H7592 of God H430 for him, so that he would rise H6965 up H6965 against H413 me by lying H693 in H693 ambush H693 as it is this H2088 day H3117?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:10 - But Nabal H5037 answered H6030 David’s H1732 servants H5650 and said H559, “Who H4310 is David H1732? And who H4310 is the son H1121 of Jesse H3448? There are H7231 many H7231 servants H5650 today H3117 who are each H376 breaking H6555 away H6555 from his master H113.

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Now a worthless H1100 man H376 happened H7122 to be there H8033 whose name H8034 was Sheba H7652, the son H1121 of Bichri H1075, a Benjaminite H376 H3228; and he blew H8628 the trumpet H7782 and said H559,

“We have H369 no H369 share H2506 in David H1732,

Nor H3808 do we have an inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;

Every H376 man H376 to his tents H168, Israel H3478!”

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Now these H428 are the last H314 words H1697 of David H1732.

David H1732 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 declares H5002,

The man H1397 who was raised H6965 on high H5920,

The anointed H4899 of the God H430 of Jacob H3290

And the sweet H5273 psalmist H2158 of Israel H3478, declares H5002,

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When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw H7200 that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 H1697 to the king H4428, saying H559,

“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?

We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448;

To your tents H168, Israel H3478!

Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”

So Israel H3478 went H1980 away to their tents H168.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:12 - Boaz H1162 fathered H3205 Obed H5744, and Obed H5744 fathered H3205 Jesse H3448;

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:13 - and Jesse H3448 fathered H3205 Eliab H446 his firstborn H1060, then Abinadab H41, the second H8145, [fn]Shimea H8092, the third H7992,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:14 - and did not inquire H1875 of the LORD H3068. Therefore He killed H4191 him and turned H5437 the kingdom H4410 over H5437 to David H1732, the son H1121 of Jesse H3448.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit H7307 [fn]covered H3847 Amasai H6022 like H3847 clothing H3847, the chief H7218 of the thirty H7970; and he said,

“We are yours, David H1732,

And are with you, son H1121 of Jesse H3448!

Peace H7965, peace H7965 to you,

And peace H7965 to him who helps H5826 you;

Indeed H3588, your God H430 helps H5826 you!”

Then David H1732 received H6901 them and made H5414 them [fn]captains H7218 of the troops H1416.

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Now David H1732 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 reigned H4427 over H5921 all H3605 Israel H3478.

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When all H3605 Israel H3478 saw that the king H4428 had not listened H8085 to them, the people H5971 replied H7725 to the king H4428, saying H559,

“What H4100 share H2506 do we have in David H1732?

We have no H3808 inheritance H5159 in the son H1121 of Jesse H3448.

Everyone H376 to your tents H168, Israel H3478!

Now H6258 look H7200 after your own house H1004, David H1732!”

So all H3605 Israel H3478 went H1980 away to their tents H168.

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Then Rehoboam H7346 married H3947 H802 Mahalath H4258 the daughter H1323 of Jerimoth H3406 the son H1121 of David H1732 and of Abihail H32 the daughter H1323 of Eliab H446 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448,

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The prayers H8605 of David H1732 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 are ended H3615.

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Then a shoot H2415 will spring H3318 from the stem H1503 of Jesse H3448,

And a Branch H5342 from his roots H8328 will bear H6509 fruit H6509.

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Then on that day H3117

The nations H1471 will resort H1875 to the root H8328 of Jesse H3448,

Who H834 will stand H5975 as a signal H5251 flag H5251 for the peoples H5971;

And His resting H4496 place H4496 will be [fn]glorious H3519.

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