Word 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.;
): Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:32; Acts 13:22; Romans 15:12.