יְשַׁעְיָה

Detailed Definition

• 1the 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 hebrews 11:37
• 2son of hananiah, brother of pelatiah, and grandson of zerubbabel
• 3a benjamite
• 4one of the 6 sons of jeduthun
• 5son of rehabiah, a descendant of moses through gershom, and an ancestor of a levite treasurer in the time of david
• 6son of athaliah and chief of the house of elam who returned with ezra
• 7a chief of the descendants of merari who returned with ezra