Ἰεσσαί

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Ἰεσσαῖος (Iessaîos)

Etymology

Borrowed from Biblical Hebrew יִשַׁי‎ (yishái).

Pronunciation

(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)

Jesse

Descendants

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

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’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979

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