Yishay — H3448

H3448 · Hebrew — ישי

Pronunciation: yee-shah'-ee

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jishai, David's father

  1. Jesse = "I possess"
  2. son of Boaz and the father of king David

Usually translated as

Jesse

Origin

by Aramaic ʼÎyshay; from the same as H3426; extant

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Yishay occurs 42 times in 39 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (24), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (1), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (2), Psalms (1), Isaiah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — Y