Lexical Summary Iessai: Jesse, the father of King David Original Word: ἸεσσαίTransliteration: Iessai Phonetic Spelling: (es-es-sah'-ee) Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Short Definition: Jesse, the father of King David Meaning: Jesse -- the father of King David Strong's Concordance Jesse. Of Hebrew origin (Yishay); Jessae (i.e. Jishai), an Israelite -- Jesse. see HEBREW Yishay Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2421: ΙεσσαιΙεσσαι (Ἰεσσαιος in Josephus), ὁ (יִשַׁי (cf. B. D. American edition, under the word)), Jesse, the father of David the king (1 Samuel 16:1, 10; 1 Samuel 17:12 Alex.; |
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