Yishvîy — H3441

Definition

adjective

a Jishvite (collectively) or descendants of Jishvi

1. Jesuites = see Jesui "he will justify me"
2. the descendants of Jesui ( H03440-2)

Usually translated as

Jesuites

Origin

patronymically from H3440

• Derived from Yishvîy (H3440)

Occurrences

Yishvîy occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Numbers (1)

• Numbers 26:44 — Of the children of Asher after their families: of Jimna, the family of the Jimnites: of Jesui, the family of the Jesuites (הַיִּשְׁוִ֑י): of Beriah, the family of the Beriites.