Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
Jesse
Usage: Ἰεσσαί (FlJ, -σσαῖος), ὁ (Heb. יִשַׁי Rut.4:17, al.) Jesse: Mat.1:5-6, Luk.3:32, Act.13:22" (LXX), Rom.15:12 (LXX),† (AS)
Iessai means “Jesse” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2421 — chayah (“revive”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2421 Ἰεσσαί (Iessai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. Iessai (ee-es-sai') n/p. 1. Jessae (i.e. Jishai), an Israelite [of Hebrew origin (H3448)] It has 40 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include jesse. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Iessai (ee-es-sai') n/p. 1. Jessae (i.e. Jishai), an Israelite [of Hebrew origin (H3448)] KJV: Jesse Root(s): H3448
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Jesse
Usage: Ἰεσσαί (FlJ, -σσαῖος), ὁ (Heb. יִשַׁי Rut.4:17, al.) Jesse: Mat.1:5-6, Luk.3:32, Act.13:22" (LXX), Rom.15:12 (LXX),† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Iessai, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G2421 (Ἰεσσαί) appears 37 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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5 indexed usages in New Testament.
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
34 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And the neighbors gave it a name, saying, A son has been born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed; this is the father of Jesse the father of David.
And Obed begot Jesse; and Jesse begot David.
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jesse, to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
According to the covenant made with David son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, That the inheritance of the king should be to his posterity alone: So the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed.
First 40 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2421.
And the neighbors gave it a name, saying, A son has been born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed; this is the father of Jesse the father of David.
And Obed begot Jesse; and Jesse begot David.
And the Lord said to Samuel, How long dost thou mourn for Saul, whereas I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and come, I will send thee to Jesse, to Bethlehem; for I have seen among his sons a king for me.
And thou shalt call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will make known to thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint him whom I shall mention to thee.
And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. Sanctify yourselves, and rejoice with me this day: and he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and he called them to the sacrifice.
And Jesse called Abinadab, and he passed before Samuel: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.
And Jesse caused Shammah to pass by: and he said, Neither has God chosen this one.
And Jesse caused his seven sons to pass before Samuel: and Samuel said, The Lord has not chosen these.
And Samuel said to Jesse, Hast thou no more sons? And Jesse said, There is yet a little one; behold, he tends the flock. And Samuel said to Jesse, Send and fetch him, for we may not sit down till he comes.
And one of his servants answered and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, and he understands playing on the harp, and the man is prudent, and a warrior, and wise in speech, and the man is handsome, and the Lord is with him.
And Saul sent messengers to Jesse, saying, Send to me thy son David who is with thy flock.
And Jesse took a homer of bread, and a bottle of wine, and one kid of the goats, and sent them by the hand of his son David to Saul.
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me, for he has found grace in my eyes.
And it came to pass on the morrow, on the second day of the month, that the place of David was empty; and Saul said to Jonathan his son, Why has not the son of Jesse attended both yesterday and today at the table?
And Saul was exceedingly angry with Jonathan, and said to him, Thou son of traitorous damsels! for do I not know that thou art an accomplice with the son of Jesse to thy shame, and to the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?
For so long as the son of Jesse lives upon the earth, thy kingdom shall not be established: now then send and take the young man, for he shall surely die.
And Saul said to his servants that stood by him, Hear now, ye sons of Benjamin, will the son of Jesse indeed give all of you fields and vineyards, and will he make you all captains of hundreds and captains of thousands?
that ye are all conspiring against me, and there is no one that informs me, whereas my son has made a covenant with the son of Jesse, and there is no one of you that is sorry for me, or informs me that my son has stirred up my servant against me for an enemy, as it is this day?
And Doeg the Syrian who was over the mules of Saul answered and said, I saw the son of Jesse as he came to Nob to Ahimelech son of Ahitub the priest.
And Saul said to him, Why have thou and the son of Jesse conspired against me, that thou shouldest give him bread and a sword, and shouldest inquire of God for him, to raise him up against me as an enemy, as he is this day?
And Nabal sprang up, and answered the servants of David, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? nowadays there is abundance of servants who depart every one from his master.
And there was a transgressor so called there, and his name was Sheba, a Benjaminite, the son of Bichri: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse: to thy tents, O Israel, every one.
And these are the last words of David. Faithful is David the son of Jesse, And faithful the man whom the Lord raised up to be the anointed of the God of Jacob, And beautiful are the psalms of Israel.
And all Israel saw that the king did not hearken to them: and the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Depart, O Israel, to thy tents: now feed thine own house, David. So Israel departed to his tents.
and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse.
And Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab was the second, Shimea the third,
and he sought not the Lord: so he slew him, and turned the kingdom to David the son of Jesse.
And the Spirit came upon Amasai, a captain of the thirty, and he said, Go, David, son of Jesse, Thou and thy people, Peace, peace be to thee, And peace to thy helpers, For thy God has helped thee. And David received them, and made them captains of the forces.
And David the son of Jesse reigned over Israel forty years;
for the king did not hearken to them. And the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David, or inheritance in the son of Jesse? to thy tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So all Israel went to their tents.
And Rehoboam took to himself for a wife Mahalath daughter of Jerimoth the son of David, and Abigail daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse.
The hymns of David the son of Jesse are ended.
And there shall come forth a rod out of the root of Jesse, and a blossom shall come up from his root:
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall arise to rule over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust, and his rest shall be glorious.
And Salmon begat Booz of Rachab; and Booz begat Obed of Ruth; and Obed begat Jesse;
And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;
Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,
And when he had removed him, he raised up unto them David to be their king; to whom also he gave their testimony, and said, I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after mine own heart, which shall fulfil all my will.
And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.
According to the covenant made with David son of Jesse, of the tribe of Judah, That the inheritance of the king should be to his posterity alone: So the inheritance of Aaron should also be unto his seed.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G2421, grouped by book.
Iessai (Strong's G2421) is a Greek word most simply glossed "Jesse". Iessai (ee-es-sai') n/p. 1. Jessae (i.e. Jishai), an Israelite [of Hebrew origin (H3448)]
This page currently indexes 40 linked usages for Strong's G2421 across 13 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2421 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as jesse. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 34 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G2421, with linked reader references where each row is available.