Ἰεσσαί

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Ἰεσσαῖος (Iessaîos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשַׁי (yishái).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /i.esˈsɛ/ → /i.eˈse/

• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.esˈsɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.esˈse/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.eˈse/

Proper noun

Ἰεσσαί • (Iessaí) m (indeclinable)

1. (biblical) Jesse

Descendants

• English: Jesse
• Greek: Ιεσσαί (Iessaí)
• Latin: Iessae, Jessae
• Polish: Jesse

References

• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2421 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible