Hebrew proper noun (a person) · H3448
יִשַׁי
Yishayyee-shah'-ee
Jesse
42 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H3448is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 8 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H3448
Jishai, David's father
The King James renders it: Jesse.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
Yishay is rendered "Jesse". It stands 42 times in the Hebrew text, across eight books.
- Twenty-six of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ruth 4:17The 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.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
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.
Ruth 4:17יִשַׁ֖י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Twenty-six of the word's forty-two uses are in 1 Samuel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- Jesse38
- and Jesse2
- of Jesse1
- to Jesse1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 42, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- יִשַׁ֔י7
- יִשַׁי֙6
- יִשָׁ֑י5
- יִשַׁ֖י4
- יִשַׁ֗י4
- יִשָֽׁי׃3
- יִשַׁ֛י2
- יִשַׁ֜י2
- יִשָׁ֔י2
- וְאִישַׁ֛י1
- וְיִשַׁ֖י1
- יִשַׁ֣י1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- proper noun (a name)38HNpm
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)2HC/Npm
- preposition + proper noun (a name)2HR/Npm
Ruth
three uses
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.
- יִשַׁ֖יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.
- יִשָׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
- וְיִשַׁ֖יveyishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jesse
1 Samuel
twenty-six uses
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.”
- יִשַׁ֣יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
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.”
- לְיִשַׁ֖יleyishaipreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: to Jesse
“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.
- יִשַׁי֙yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Then Jesse called Abinadab and presented him to Samuel, who said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
- יִשַׁי֙yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Next Jesse presented Shammah, but Samuel said, “The LORD has not chosen this one either.”
- יִשַׁ֖יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Thus Jesse made seven of his sons pass before Samuel, but Samuel told him, “The LORD has not chosen any of these.”
- יִשַׁ֛יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
- יִשַׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
And Samuel asked him, “Are these all the sons you have?” “There is still the youngest,” Jesse replied, “but he is tending the sheep.” “Send for him,” Samuel replied. “For we will not sit down to eat until he arrives.”
- יִשַׁי֮yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
- יִשַׁי֙yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”
- לְיִשַׁי֮leyishaipreposition + proper noun (a name)tagged: of Jesse
So Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send me your son David, who is with the sheep.”
- יִשָׁ֑יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
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.
- יִשַׁ֜יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Then Saul sent word to Jesse, saying, “Let David remain in my service, for I am pleased with him.”
- יִשַׁ֖יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Now David was the son of a man named Jesse, an Ephrathite from Bethlehem of Judah who had eight sons in the days of Saul. And Jesse was old and well along in years.
- יִשַׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
The three older sons of Jesse had followed Saul into battle: The firstborn was Eliab, the second was Abinadab, and the third was Shammah.
- יִשַׁי֙yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
One day Jesse said to his son David, “Take this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves of bread for your brothers and hurry to their camp.
- יִשַׁ֜יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
So David got up early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up, and set out as Jesse had instructed him. He reached the camp as the army was marching out to its position and shouting the battle cry.
- יִשָׁ֑יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
- יִשַׁ֖יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
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?”
- יִשַׁ֛יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Then Saul’s anger burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the disgrace of the mother who bore you?
- יִשַׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
For as long as the son of Jesse lives on this earth, neither you nor your kingship shall be established. Now send for him and bring him to me, for he must surely die!”
- יִשַׁי֙yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
- יִשַׁי֙yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
- יִשַׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
- יִשַׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
And Saul asked him, “Why have you and the son of Jesse conspired against me? You gave him bread and a sword and inquired of God for him so that he could rise up against me to lie in wait, as he is doing today.”
- יִשָׁ֑יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
- יִשָׁ֑יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
2 Samuel
two uses
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram’s horn and shouted: “We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse’s son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!”
- יִשַׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, the oracle of the man raised on high, the one anointed by the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel:
- יִשַׁ֗יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
1 Kings
one use
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 the Israelites went home,
- יִשַׁ֗יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
1 Chronicles
five uses
Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
- יִשָֽׁי׃yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,
- וְאִישַׁ֛יveishaiconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)tagged: and Jesse
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.
- יִשָֽׁי׃ פyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to your helpers, for your God helps you.” So David received them and made them leaders of his troops.
- יִשַׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
David son of Jesse was king over all Israel.
- יִשָׁ֔יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
2 Chronicles
two uses
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,
- יִשַׁ֗יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
And Rehoboam married Mahalath, who was the daughter of David’s son Jerimoth and of Abihail, the daughter of Jesse’s son Eliab.
- יִשָֽׁי׃yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Psalms
one use
Thus conclude the prayers of David son of Jesse.
- יִשָֽׁי׃yishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Isaiah
two uses
Then a shoot will spring up from the stump of Jesse, and a Branch from his roots will bear fruit.
- יִשָׁ֑יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
On that day the Root of Jesse will stand as a banner for the peoples. The nations will seek Him, and His place of rest will be glorious.
- יִשַׁ֗יyishaiproper noun (a name)tagged: Jesse
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.