יִשִּׁיָּה
Yishshîyâh · yish-shee-yaw'
Jishshijah, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or יִשִּׁיָּהוּ; from H5383 (נָשָׁה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah will lend;
Jishshijah, the name of five Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Ishiah, Isshiah, Ishijah, Jesiah.
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
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to consume, to destroy › the hand that works › to reveal, behold
The hand that works that works to consume, to destroy of the hand that works that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יִשִּׁיָּה 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
7 occurrences · 7 OT · 0 NT · 6 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and jesiah2 · 29%
- was isshiah2 · 29%
- ishiah1 · 14%
- of isshiah1 · 14%
- ishijah1 · 14%
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.