yeshaya · Isaiah

What it means

yeshaya (יְשַׁעְיָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Isaiah”.

A name meaning "YHWH is salvation." Best known is the prophet, son of Amoz, of the time of Kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah (2 Kings 19-20; book of Isaiah); other men also bear it (1 Chronicles 25:3; Ezra 8:7).

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.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Isaiah ×32
• Jeshaiah ×7

Where it appears

• 2 Kings×13
• 1 Chronicles×4
• 2 Chronicles×3
• Ezra×2
• Nehemiah×1
• Isaiah×16

• 2 Kings 19:2

  He sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet, son of Amoz.

• 2 Kings 19:5

  The servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

• 2 Kings 19:6

  Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master: ‘Thus says YHWH: Do not fear because of the words that you have heard, with which the boys of the king of Assyria have reviled me.

• 2 Kings 19:20

  Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘That which you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

• 2 Kings 20:1

  In those days Hezekiah fell sick to the point of death. And Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him and said to him, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Give orders to your house, for you are going to die and will not live.’”

• 2 Kings 20:4

  And it happened, when Isaiah had not yet gone out of the middle court, that the word of YHWH came to him, saying,

• 2 Kings 20:7

  Isaiah said, “Take a cake of figs.” They took it and put it on the boil, and he lived.

• 2 Kings 20:8

  Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “What is the sign that YHWH will heal me and that I will go up on the third day to the house of YHWH?”

• 2 Kings 20:9

  Isaiah said, “This shall be to you the sign from YHWH, that YHWH will do the thing that he has spoken: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”

• 2 Kings 20:11

  Isaiah the prophet cried out to YHWH, and he brought back the shadow on the steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz, backward ten steps.

• 2 Kings 20:14

  Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where do they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “From a distant land they have come, from Babylon.”

• 2 Kings 20:16

  Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of YHWH:

• 2 Kings 20:19

  Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Good is the word of YHWH that you have spoken.” And he said, “Is it not so, if there will be peace and truth in my days?”

• 1 Chronicles 3:21

  And the son of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.

• 1 Chronicles 25:3

  Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun, Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the lyre in giving thanks and praising YHWH.

• 1 Chronicles 25:15

  the eighth Jeshaiah: his sons and his brothers, twelve;

• 1 Chronicles 26:25

  His brothers through Eliezer: Rehabiah his son, Jeshaiah his son, Joram his son, Zichri his son, and Shelomith his son.

• 2 Chronicles 26:22

  The rest of the acts of Uzziah, the first and the last, Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, wrote.

• 2 Chronicles 32:20

  Hezekiah the king and Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, prayed about this and cried out to the heavens.

• 2 Chronicles 32:32

  The rest of the acts of Hezekiah and his deeds of loyal love, they are written in the vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, in the book of the kings of Judah and Israel.

• Ezra 8:7

  and of the sons of Elam, Jeshaiah the son of Athaliah, and with him seventy males;

• Ezra 8:19

  and Hashabiah, and with him Jeshaiah of the sons of Merari, his brothers and their sons, twenty;

• Nehemiah 11:7

  And these are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Joed, son of Pedaiah, son of Kolaiah, son of Maaseiah, son of Ithiel, son of Jeshaiah;

• Isaiah 1:1

  The vision of Isaiah son of Amoz, which he saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah.

• Isaiah 2:1

  The word that Isaiah son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem.

• Isaiah 7:3

  And YHWH said to Isaiah, “Go out, please, to meet Ahaz, you and Shear-jashub your son, at the end of the conduit of the upper pool, on the highway of the Launderer’s Field,

• Isaiah 13:1

  The burden of Babylon, which Isaiah son of Amoz saw.

• Isaiah 20:2

  at that time YHWH spoke through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, and loosen the sackcloth from your loins, and take off your sandals from your feet.” And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

• Isaiah 20:3

  And YHWH said, “Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot three years, a sign and a wonder against Egypt and against Cush,

• Isaiah 37:2

  He sent Eliakim, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet.

• Isaiah 37:5

  The servants of King Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

• Isaiah 37:6

  Isaiah said to them, “Thus you shall say to your master: ‘Thus says YHWH: Do not fear because of the words that you have heard, with which the boys of the king of Assyria have reviled me.

• Isaiah 37:21

  Isaiah son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, “Thus says YHWH, the Elohim of Israel: ‘Because of what you have prayed to me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria,

• Isaiah 38:1

  In those days Hezekiah fell sick to the point of death. And Isaiah son of Amoz, the prophet, came to him and said to him, “Thus says YHWH: ‘Give orders to your house, for you are going to die and will not live.’”

• Isaiah 38:4

  The word of YHWH came to Isaiah, saying,

• Isaiah 38:21

  Isaiah said, “Let them take a cake of figs and rub it on the boil, and he will live.”

• Isaiah 39:3

  Isaiah the prophet came to King Hezekiah and said to him, “What did these men say, and from where do they come to you?” Hezekiah said, “From a distant land they have come to me, from Babylon.”

• Isaiah 39:5

  Isaiah said to Hezekiah, “Hear the word of YHWH Tsevaot:

• Isaiah 39:8

  Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “Good is the word of YHWH that you have spoken.” And he said, “For there will be peace and truth in my days.”