Jesiah (also Ishiah, Ishijah, Isshiah, Isshijah, Jeshaiah) is a name found in the
Bible
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. The Hebrew form of the name is ''yishshayah'' (in one case ''yishshayahu''), meaning "man of
Jah
Jah or Yah ( he, , ''Yāh'') is a short form of (YHWH), the four letters that form the tetragrammaton, the personal name of God: Yahweh, which the ancient Israelites used. The conventional Christian English pronunciation of ''Jah'' is , even th ...
."
The Bible contains five figures by this name.
*Jesiah son of Izrahiah, son of Uzzi, son of Tola, son of
Issachar
Issachar () was, according to the Book of Genesis, the fifth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah (Jacob's ninth son), and the founder of the Israelite Tribe of Issachar. However, some Biblical scholars view this as an eponymous metaphor providing ...
, found in a genealogy of the
Tribe of Issachar.
*Jesiah, a Korahite and member of the
Tribe of Benjamin
According to the Torah, the Tribe of Benjamin () was one of the Twelve Tribes of Israel. The tribe was descended from Benjamin, the youngest son of the patriarch Jacob (later given the name Israel) and his wife Rachel. In the Samaritan Pentateuc ...
, listed among the warriors who came to
David
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
at
Ziklag.
*Jesiah, leader of the "sons of Rehabiah," a
Levite
Levites (or Levi) (, he, ''Lǝvīyyīm'') are Jewish males who claim patrilineal descent from the Tribe of Levi. The Tribe of Levi descended from Levi, the third son of Jacob and Leah. The surname ''Halevi'', which consists of the Hebrew defi ...
in the time of David.
*Jesiah, son of Uzziel, son of Kohath, son of
Levi. This Jesiah is recorded as being the father of Zechariah.
*Jesiah, one of the "descendants of Harim," found in a list of men who took foreign wives in the time of
Nehemiah.
References
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