Strong's Concordance Iessai: Jesse, the father of King David Original Word: Ἰεσσαί, ὁPart of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Iessai Phonetic Spelling: (es-es-sah'-ee) Short Definition: Jesse Definition: (Hebrew), Jesse, son of Obed, and father of King David. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2421: ΙεσσαιΙεσσαι (Ἰεσσαιος in Josephus), ὁ (יִשַׁי (cf. B. D. American edition, under the word)), Jesse, the father of David the king (1 Samuel 16:1, 10; 1 Samuel 17:12 Alex.; Strong's Exhaustive Concordance Jesse. Of Hebrew origin (Yishay); Jessae (i.e. Jishai), an Israelite -- Jesse. see HEBREW Yishay Forms and Transliterations Ιεσσαι Ἰεσσαί Ἰεσσαὶ Iessai Iessaí IessaìLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 24215 Occurrences Ἰεσσαί — 5 Occ. Matthew 1:5 N GRK: ἐγέννησεν τὸν Ἰεσσαί NAS: and Obed the father of Jesse. KJV: Obed begat Jesse; INT: was father of Jesse Matthew 1:6 N Luke 3:32 N Acts 13:22 N Romans 15:12 N |