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HebrewH3448Proper Noun (Masculine)

יִשַׁי

yi.shay

38Occurrences
H3448Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jishai, David's father

by Aramaic אִישַׁי; from the same as H3426 (יֵשׁ); extant;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at ; 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יִשַׁי appears 38 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Samuel
24
1 Chronicles
4
2 Chronicles
2
2 Samuel
2
Isaiah
2
Ruth
2
1 Kings
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 10:14BSB

and he failed to inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.

1 Samuel 16:5BSB

“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.”Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.

1 Samuel 16:20BSB

And Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, a skin of wine, and one young goat, and sent them to Saul with his son David.

1 Samuel 20:27BSB

But on the day after the New Moon, the second day, David’s place was still empty, and Saul asked his son Jonathan, “Why hasn’t the son of Jesse come to the meal either yesterday or today?”

1 Samuel 25:10BSB

But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.