יִשַׁי
Yishay · yee-shah'-ee
Jishai, David's father
Lexicon
Derivation: by Aramaic אִישַׁי; from the same as H3426 (יֵשׁ); extant;
Jishai, David's father
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jesse.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִשַׁי above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
42 occurrences · 42 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jesse22 · 52%
- jesse5 · 12%
- and jesse4 · 10%
- unto jesse4 · 10%
- then jesse2 · 5%
- thee to jesse1 · 2%
- again, jesse1 · 2%
- to jesse1 · 2%
- was jesse1 · 2%
- as jesse1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.