יְשַׁעְיָה

Strong’s Definition

Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

or יְשַׁעְיָהוּ; from H3467 (יָשַׁע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has saved;

KJV Usage

Isaiah, Jesaiah, Jeshaiah.

Detailed Definition

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

• 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 hebrews 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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yᵉshaʻyâh; Pronunciation: yesh-ah-yaw'