יִשִּׁיָּה

Strong’s Definition

Jishshijah, the name of five Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or יִשִּׁיָּהוּ; from H5383 (נָשָׁה) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah will lend;

KJV Usage

Ishiah, Isshiah, Ishijah, Jesiah.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.a korhite, one of david's mighty warriors who joined him at ziklag
• 2.the 5th of 5 sons of izrahiah and one of the heads of the tribe of issachar in the time of david
• 3.a levite, the 2nd son of uzziel and grandson of kohath
• 4.another levite, son of rehabiah
• 5.a descendant of harim who had a foreign wife

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yishshîyâh; Pronunciation: yish-shee-yaw'