Yishʻîy — H3469

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jishi, the name of four Israelites

1. Ishi = "He saves me"
2. son of Appaim, one of the line of Jerahmeel of the house of Hezron
3. a chief of Manasseh and head of a family on the east of Jordan
4. a chief of Judah, father of Zoheth
5. a chief of Simeon and head of a family

Usually translated as

Ishi

Origin

from H3467; saving

• Derived from Yâshaʻ (H3467)

Occurrences

Yishʻîy occurs 5 times in 4 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (4)

• 1 Chronicles 2:31 — And the sons of Appaim; Ishi (יִשְׁעִ֑י). And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
• 1 Chronicles 2:31 — And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi (יִשְׁעִי֙); Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
• 1 Chronicles 4:20 — And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi (יִשְׁעִ֔י) were, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.
• 1 Chronicles 4:42 — And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi (יִשְׁעִ֖י).
• 1 Chronicles 5:24 — And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi (וְיִשְׁעִ֡י), and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.