Hēsaias · Isaiah

What it means

Hēsaias (Ἡσαΐας) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “Isaiah”.

The prophet of Judah whose book announces the Messiah and God's salvation.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Where it appears

• Matthew×6
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• John×4
• Acts×3
• Romans×5

• Matthew 3:3

  For this is the one spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, when he says, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

• Matthew 4:14

  so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says:

• Matthew 8:17

  so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says, “He himself took our weaknesses and carried our diseases.”

• Matthew 12:17

  so that what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, when he says,

• Matthew 13:14

  And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says, ‘You will indeed hear and never understand, and you will indeed see and never perceive.

• Matthew 15:7

  Hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied well about you, saying,

• Mark 1:2

  As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way;

• Mark 7:6

  But he said to them, “Isaiah prophesied well about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honors me with their lips, but their heart is far from me;

• Luke 3:4

  as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, “A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

• Luke 4:17

  And the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him, and unrolling the scroll, he found the place where it was written:

• John 1:23

  He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

• John 12:38

  so that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: “Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”

• John 12:39

  For this reason they could not believe, because again Isaiah said,

• John 12:41

  Isaiah said these things because he saw his glory, and he spoke about him.

• Acts 8:28

  and he was returning and sitting in his chariot, and he was reading the prophet Isaiah.

• Acts 8:30

  And Philip, running up, heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, “Do you really understand what you are reading?”

• Acts 28:25

  And being in disagreement with one another, they began to leave, after Paul had said one word: “Well did the Holy Spirit speak through Isaiah the prophet to your fathers,

• Romans 9:27

  And Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: Though the number of the sons of Israel be like the sand of the sea, the remnant will be saved;

• Romans 9:29

  And as Isaiah said beforehand: If the Lord Tsevaot had not left us offspring, we would have become like Sodom, and would have been made like Gomorrah.

• Romans 10:16

  But not all obeyed the good news; for Isaiah says: Lord, who has believed our message?

• Romans 10:20

  And Isaiah is very bold and says: I was found by those who did not seek me; I became visible to those who did not ask for me.

• Romans 15:12

  And again Isaiah says: There will be the root of Jesse, and the one who rises to rule the nations; in him the nations will hope.