Hebrew word · H3449

יִשִּׁיָּהוּ

yishiyah

Isshiah

Appears 7 times in 6 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament. ·

What it means

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.23.20;

son of: Uzziel (H5816);

brother of: Mishael (H4332), Elizaphan (H0469), Sithri (H5644) and Micah (H4318J);

father of: Zechariah (H2148E)

§ Ishiah or Ishijah or Jesiah = "Jehovah will lend"

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

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

1 Chronicles · 6

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:3 יִשִּׁיָּ֛ה Isshiah

    The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

  2. 1 Chronicles 12:6 וְ֠יִשִּׁיָּהוּ and Isshiah

    Elkanah, Isshiah, Azarel, Joezer, and Jashobeam, who were Korahites;

    Here: "And" plus a name ending in the divine name Yahweh (-yahu). The first part is uncertain; proposals include "Yahweh exists" or "Yahweh lends/forgets." The name also appears among Levites (1 Chronicles 23:20; 24:21).

  3. 1 Chronicles 23:20 וְיִשִּׁיָּ֖ה and Isshiah

    The sons of Uzziel: Micah was the first and Isshiah the second.

  4. 1 Chronicles 24:21 יִשִּׁיָּֽה׃ Isshiah

    As for Rehabiah, from his sons: The first was Isshiah.

  5. 1 Chronicles 24:25 יִשִּׁיָּ֔ה יִשִּׁיָּ֖ה Isshiah

    The brother of Micah: Isshiah; from the sons of Isshiah: Zechariah.

Ezra · 1

  1. Ezra 10:31 יִשִּׁיָּ֛ה Isshiah

    From the descendants of Harim: Eliezer, Isshijah, Malchijah, Shemaiah, Shimeon,

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