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Strong's H3448 יִשַׁי (yishay)

Yishay means “Jesse” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G3448 — moschos (“calf”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H3448
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 39
Books 8

Strong's H3448 Quick Answer

Strong's H3448 יִשַׁי אִישַׁי (Yishay) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Yishay (yee-shah'-ee) (by Aramaic Iyshay {ee-shah'-ee}) n/p. 1. extant 2. Jishai, David's father It has 39 linked Bible usages across 8 books. Visible English usage signals include david and david's. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Yishay (yee-shah'-ee) (by Aramaic Iyshay {ee-shah'-ee}) n/p. 1. extant 2. Jishai, David's father
Usage
39 linked usages
Books
8 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
david and david's

Meaning and Definition

Yishay (yee-shah'-ee) (by Aramaic Iyshay {ee-shah'-ee}) n/p. 1. extant 2. Jishai, David's father [from the same as H3426] KJV: Jesse. Root(s): H3426

Original Word
יִשַׁי אִישַׁי
Transliteration
Yishay
Derivation
First root strongs: 3426
Morphology
name

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H3448. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Jesse

Usage: A man of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at Rut.4.17; son of: Obed (H5744); father of: David (H1732), Eliab (H0446I), Abinadab (H0041I), Shimeah (H8093), Nethanel (H5417H), Raddai (H7288), Ozem (H0684), Zeruiah (H6870), Abigail (H0026H)(?) and Elihu (H0453J) Also named: Iessai (Ἰεσσαί "Jesse" G2421) § Jesse = "I possess" son of Boaz and the father of king David

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How Strong's H3448 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Yishay, 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.

David Ruth 4:17 19× David's 1 Samuel 20:27

How Strong's H3448 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 39 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H3448 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H3448 in the Old Testament

39 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Ruth 4:17 KJV

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

Ruth 4:22 KJV

And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.

1 Samuel 16:1 KJV

And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.

Usage Excerpts

First 39 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H3448.

Ruth 4:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.
Ruth 4:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Obed begat Jesse, and Jesse begat David.
1 Samuel 16:1 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? fill thine horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite: for I have provided me a king among his sons.
1 Samuel 16:3 Old Testament, KJV
And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will shew thee what thou shalt do: and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom I name unto thee.
1 Samuel 16:5 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Peaceably: I am come to sacrifice unto the LORD: sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.
1 Samuel 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
1 Samuel 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the LORD chosen this.
1 Samuel 16:10 Old Testament, KJV
Again, Jesse made seven of his sons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The LORD hath not chosen these.
1 Samuel 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and, behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him: for we will not sit down till he come hither.
1 Samuel 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then answered one of the servants, and said, Behold, I have seen a son of Jesse the Bethlehemite, that is cunning in playing, and a mighty valiant man, and a man of war, and prudent in matters, and a comely person, and the LORD is with him.
1 Samuel 16:19 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore Saul sent messengers unto Jesse, and said, Send me David thy son, which is with the sheep.
1 Samuel 16:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
1 Samuel 16:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul sent to Jesse, saying, Let David, I pray thee, stand before me; for he hath found favour in my sight.
1 Samuel 17:12 Old Testament, KJV
Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
1 Samuel 17:13 Old Testament, KJV
And the three eldest sons of Jesse went and followed Saul to the battle: and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the firstborn, and next unto him Abinadab, and the third Shammah.
1 Samuel 17:17 Old Testament, KJV
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp of thy brethren;
1 Samuel 17:20 Old Testament, KJV
And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper, and took, and went, as Jesse had commanded him; and he came to the trench, as the host was going forth to the fight, and shouted for the battle.
1 Samuel 17:58 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said to him, Whose son art thou, thou young man? And David answered, I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Bethlehemite.
1 Samuel 20:27 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass on the morrow, which was the second day of the month, that David's place was empty: and Saul said unto Jonathan his son, Wherefore cometh not the son of Jesse to meat, neither yesterday, nor to day?
1 Samuel 20:30 Old Testament, KJV
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
1 Samuel 20:31 Old Testament, KJV
For as long as the son of Jesse liveth upon the ground, thou shalt not be established, nor thy kingdom. Wherefore now send and fetch him unto me, for he shall surely die.
1 Samuel 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then Saul said unto his servants that stood about him, Hear now, ye Benjamites; will the son of Jesse give every one of you fields and vineyards, and make you all captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds;
1 Samuel 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
That all of you have conspired against me, and there is none that sheweth me that my son hath made a league with the son of Jesse, and there is none of you that is sorry for me, or sheweth unto me that my son hath stirred up my servant against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
1 Samuel 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
Then answered Doeg the Edomite, which was set over the servants of Saul, and said, I saw the son of Jesse coming to Nob, to Ahimelech the son of Ahitub.
1 Samuel 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Saul said unto him, Why have ye conspired against me, thou and the son of Jesse, in that thou hast given him bread, and a sword, and hast enquired of God for him, that he should rise against me, to lie in wait, as at this day?
1 Samuel 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
And Nabal answered David's servants, and said, Who is David? and who is the son of Jesse? there be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master.
2 Samuel 20:1 Old Testament, KJV
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
2 Samuel 23:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,
1 Kings 12:16 Old Testament, KJV
So when all Israel saw that the king hearkened not unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, O Israel: now see to thine own house, David. So Israel departed unto their tents.
1 Chronicles 2:13 Old Testament, KJV
And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
1 Chronicles 10:14 Old Testament, KJV
And enquired not of the LORD: therefore he slew him, and turned the kingdom unto David the son of Jesse.
1 Chronicles 12:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then the spirit came upon Amasai, who was chief of the captains, and he said, Thine are we, David, and on thy side, thou son of Jesse: peace, peace be unto thee, and peace be to thine helpers; for thy God helpeth thee. Then David received them, and made them captains of the band.
1 Chronicles 29:26 Old Testament, KJV
Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel.
2 Chronicles 10:16 Old Testament, KJV
And when all Israel saw that the king would not hearken unto them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? and we have none inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to your tents, O Israel: and now, David, see to thine own house. So all Israel went to their tents.
2 Chronicles 11:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Rehoboam took him Mahalath the daughter of Jerimoth the son of David to wife, and Abihail the daughter of Eliab the son of Jesse;
Psalms 72:20 Old Testament, KJV
The prayers of David the son of Jesse are ended.
Isaiah 11:1 Old Testament, KJV
And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:
Isaiah 11:10 Old Testament, KJV
And in that day there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and his rest shall be glorious.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H3448, grouped by book.

Ruth 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 24 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H3448 FAQ

What does yishay (יִשַׁי) mean?

Yishay (Strong's H3448) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Jesse". Yishay (yee-shah'-ee) (by Aramaic Iyshay {ee-shah'-ee}) n/p. 1. extant 2. Jishai, David's father

How many times is yishay (יִשַׁי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 39 linked usages for Strong's H3448 across 8 books.

Where can I study yishay (יִשַׁי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H3448 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate yishay (יִשַׁי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as david and david's. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.