H3448

יִשַׁי

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Jesse

A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.4.17; son of: Obed (H5744); father of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J) Also named: Iessai (Ἰεσσαί "Jesse" G2421) § Jesse = "I possess" son of Boaz and the father of king David

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יִשַׁי41 proper name, masculine father of David (etymology dubious; Ol§ 277 f. conjecture יֵשׁ יָהּ; We1Sam 14:49 ישׁי = אישׁי = אבישׁי (but see this)) — יִשַׁי 1Sam 16:3 + 29 t.; יִשָׁ֑י v1Sam 16:19 + 10 t.; ᵐ5 Ιεσσαι; (וְ)אִישַׁי 1Chr 2:13 — יִשַׁי בֵּיתֿ הַלַּחְמִי jesse the Bethlehemite 1Sam 16:1; 1Sam 16:18 (׳בֶּןיֿשׁי וגו, of David), 1Sam 17:58 ; ישׁי also 1Sam 16:3 + 14 t. 1Sam 16:17 son of עוֺבֵד according to Ruth 4:17; Ruth 4:22 (twice in verse) = 1Chr 2:12 דָּוִ(י)ד בֶּןיֿשׁי 2Sam 23:1; 1Chr 10:14; 1Chr 29:26; Ps 72:20 אֱלִיאָב בֶּןיֿשׁי 2Chr 11:18 elsewhere בֶּןיֿשׁי alone = David, 1Sam 20:27; 1Sam 20:30; 1Sam 20:31; 1Sam 22:7; 1Sam 22:8; 1Sam 22:9; 1Sam 22:13; 1Sam 25:10; 2Sam 20:1 1 Ki 12:16> = 2Chr 10:16; 1Chr 12:18 גֶּזַע יִשָׁ֑י Isa 11:1 שֹׁרֶשׁ יְשֵׁי vIsa 11:10 of Jesse as ancestor of future (Messianic) king.


34 occurrences

Ruth (2), I Samuel (24), II Samuel (2), I Kings (1), I Chronicles (2), II Chronicles (1), Isaiah (2)