Strong's Hebrew · H3448
H3448 Yishay
יִשַׁי
yee-shah'-ee
Jesse
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Yishay appears 42 times in Scripture, including Ruth 4:17 and 1 Samuel 16:1. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
Jishai, David's father
In the King James Version
Jesse.
Derivation
by Aramaic אִישַׁי; from the same as H3426 (יֵשׁ); extant;
Appears 42 times in Scripture
“When all Israel saw that the king had refused to listen to them, they answered the king: “What portion do we have in David, and what inheritance in the son of Jesse? To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David!” So all the Israelites went home,”
“The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.”
“Then invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show you what you are to do. You are to anoint for Me the one I indicate.””
“But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.”
“Now the LORD said to Samuel, “How long are you going to mourn for Saul, since I have rejected him as king over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go. I am sending you to Jesse of Bethlehem, for I have selected from his sons a king for Myself.””
““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.”
“Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.””
“Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.”
“Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.””
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
