Lexical Definition

‎יְשַׁעְיָה‎ Yᵉshaʻyâh (yesh-ah-yaw') Isaiah ^N:N-M-P
or יְשַׁעְיָהוּ Yᵉshaʻyâhûw (yesh-ah-yaw'-hoo); from ‎יָשַׁע‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; Jah has saved

Isaiah, Jesaiah, Jeshaiah.

• § Isaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = "Jehovah has saved"
• Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites

1) the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb 11:37
2) son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel
3) a Benjamite
4) one of the 6 sons of Jeduthun
5) son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Moses through Gershom, and an ancestor of a Levite treasurer in the time of David
6) son of Athaliah and chief of the house of Elam who returned with Ezra
7) a chief of the descendants of Merari who returned with Ezra

See Greek: Ἡσαΐας

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְשַׁעְיָ֫הוּ‎ proper name, masculine (salvation of Yah; compare ‎אֱלִישָׁע‎ above; ‎ישעאל‎ on scarab ClGann^{JAs 1883, Fev.-Mars, 135, No. 8}) —

1. Isaiah, son of Amos, the prophet: Isa 1:1 + 15 t. Isaiah; 2Kgs 19:2 + 12 t. Kings; 2Chr 26:22; 2Chr 32:20; 2Chr 32:32 ᵐ5 Ηξαιας, ᵑ9 Isaias.

2. one of the children of Jeduthun 1Chr 25:3; 1Chr 25:15, ᵐ5 Ισαια, etc.

3. a Levite ancestor of one of David's treasurers 1Chr 26:25, ᵐ5 Ωσαιας, ᵐ5^L Ιωσηε.

‎ישׁעיה‎ proper name, masculine (salvation of Yah) —

1. grandson of Zerubbabel 1Chr 3:21, ᵐ5 Ιασαβα, Ιεσεια.

2. chief of the sons of Elam, who went up with Ezra Ezra 8:7, ᵐ5 Ιοσεια, Ησαια, etc.

3. chief of sons of Merari in time of Ezra Ezra 8:19, ᵐ5 Ωσαια, etc.

4. a Benjamite Neh 11:7, ᵐ5 Ιεσια, etc.

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