Grow With Me
Grow With Me

יִשַׁי

yishay · Jesse

Hebrew word · Strong’s number H3448 · appears 42 times in the Bible

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What it means

yishay (יִשַׁי) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jesse”.

Of Bethlehem, son of Obed and father of King David.

How to say it

yi·shay

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

  • Ruth 4:17

    And the neighbor women gave him a name, saying, “A son has been born to Naomi.” And they called his name Obed. He was the father of Jesse, the father of David.

  • Ruth 4:22

    Obed fathered Jesse, and Jesse fathered David.

  • 1 Samuel 16:1

    YHWH said to Samuel, “How long will you mourn for Saul, when I have despised him from reigning over Israel? Fill your horn with oil and go; I will send you to Jesse the Bethlehemite, for I have seen among his sons a king for myself.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:3

    Invite Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make known to you what you shall do; and you shall anoint for me the one I tell you.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:5

    He said, “In peace. I have come to sacrifice to YHWH. Sanctify yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and invited them to the sacrifice.

  • 1 Samuel 16:8

    Jesse called Abinadab and made him pass before Samuel, and he said, “Neither this one has YHWH chosen.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:9

    Jesse had Shammah pass by, and he said, “Neither this one has YHWH chosen.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:10

    Jesse had his seven sons pass before Samuel, and Samuel said to Jesse, “YHWH has not chosen these.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:11

    Samuel said to Jesse, “Are the young men all here?” He said, “There remains still the youngest, and look, he is pasturing the flock.” Samuel said to Jesse, “Send and get him, for we will not sit around until he comes here.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:18

    One of the young men answered and said, “Look, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite who knows how to play, and a mighty man of valor, and a man of war, and discerning in speech, and a man of fine figure; and YHWH is with him.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:19

    Saul sent messengers to Jesse and said, “Send to me David your son, who is with the flock.”

  • 1 Samuel 16:20

    Jesse took a donkey loaded with bread, and a skin of wine, and one young goat, and sent them by the hand of David his son to Saul.

  • 1 Samuel 16:22

    Saul sent to Jesse, saying, “Please let David stand before me, for he has found favor in my eyes.”

  • 1 Samuel 17:12

    Now David was the son of that Ephrathite man from Bethlehem of Judah, whose name was Jesse, and he had eight sons; and the man in the days of Saul was old, advanced in years among men.

  • 1 Samuel 17:13

    The three oldest sons of Jesse had gone; they had followed Saul to the war. And the names of his three sons who went to the war were Eliab the firstborn, and second to him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.

  • 1 Samuel 17:17

    Jesse said to David his son, “Take, please, for your brothers this ephah of roasted grain and these ten loaves, and hurry them to the camp to your brothers.

  • 1 Samuel 17:20

    David rose early in the morning, left the flock with a keeper, loaded up and went, as Jesse had commanded him. He came to the encampment as the army that was going out to the battle line was shouting for war.

  • 1 Samuel 17:58

    Saul said to him, “Whose son are you, young man?” And David said, “The son of your servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.”

  • 1 Samuel 20:27

    And it came about on the day after the new moon, the second day, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, “Why has the son of Jesse not come either yesterday or today to the meal?”

  • 1 Samuel 20:30

    The anger of Saul burned against Jonathan, and he said to him, “Son of a perverse and rebellious woman! Do I not know that you are choosing the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of the nakedness of your mother?

  • 1 Samuel 20:31

    For all the days that the son of Jesse lives on the ground, you will not be established, nor your kingdom. And now, send and bring him to me, for he deserves death.”

  • 1 Samuel 22:7

    Saul said to his servants who stood by him, “Hear, please, Benjaminites: will the son of Jesse give to all of you too fields and vineyards? Will he make all of you commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds?

  • 1 Samuel 22:8

    For all of you have conspired against me, and there is no one who informs me when my son makes a covenant with the son of Jesse, and none of you is sorry for me or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me to lie in wait, as it is this day.”

  • 1 Samuel 22:9

    Doeg the Edomite, who was set over the servants of Saul, answered and said, “I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech son of Ahitub.

  • 1 Samuel 22:13

    Saul said to him, “Why have you conspired against me, you and the son of Jesse, in that you gave him bread and a sword and inquired of Elohim for him, so that he would rise against me to lie in wait, as it is this day?”

  • 1 Samuel 25:10

    Nabal answered David’s servants and said, “Who is David, and who is the son of Jesse? Today many are the slaves who are breaking away, each from his master.

  • 2 Samuel 20:1

    There happened to be a wicked man whose name was Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjaminite; he blew the horn and said, “We have no portion in David, and no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse! Each man to his tents, Israel!”

  • 2 Samuel 23:1

    These are the last words of David: “The oracle of David son of Jesse, and the oracle of the man who was raised on high, the anointed of the Elohim of Jacob, and the pleasant one in the psalms of Israel:

  • 1 Kings 12:16

    When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. To your tents, Israel! Now look after your house, David!” So Israel went to his tents.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:12

    And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

  • 1 Chronicles 2:13

    And Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

  • 1 Chronicles 10:14

    and he did not consult YHWH; and he put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse.

  • 1 Chronicles 12:18

    Then the spirit clothed Amasai, head of the captains: “We are yours, David, and with you, son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to the one who helps you, for your Elohim helps you.” And David received them and set them among the heads of the band.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:26

    Thus David son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 10:16

    When all Israel saw that the king had not listened to them, the people answered the king, saying, “What portion do we have in David? We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse. Each one to your tents, Israel! Now look after your house, David!” So all Israel went to his tents.

  • 2 Chronicles 11:18

    Rehoboam took as his wife Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth son of David, and of Abihail daughter of Eliab son of Jesse.

  • Psalms 72:20

    The prayers of David, son of Jesse, have come to an end.

  • Isaiah 11:1

    And a shoot will come out from the trunk of Jesse, and a branch from his roots will bear fruit.

  • Isaiah 11:10

    And it will happen on that day that the root of Jesse, who stands as a banner for the peoples, the nations will seek him, and his resting place will be glory.

And 3 more times.