Strongs Number: H3470
- Hebrew Word
- יְשַׁעְיָה
- Transliteration
- Yᵉshaʻyâh
- Phonetic
- yesh-ah-yaw'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
-
Jah has saved; {Jeshajah} the name of seven Israelites
- BDB Definition
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Isaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = "Jehovah has saved"
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
- Origin
- From H3467 and H3050
- Bible Usage
- {Isaiah} {Jesaiah} Jeshaiah.