Jesse, Eshai or Yishay, (Hebrew: יִשַׁי, Modern Yishai Tiberian Yīšạy, meaning "God exists" or "God's gift"; Greek: Ἰεσσαί; Latin: Isai, Jesse) is the father of the Biblical David, who became the king of the nation of Israel. His son David is sometimes called simply "Son of Jesse" (ben yishay).
Jesse was the son of Obed and the grandson of Ruth. He was a Bethlehemite.[1]
Jesse lived in Bethlehem, in Judah, and was a farmer and breeder of sheep.
Jesse is important in Judaism because he was the father of the most famous king of Israel, David. Jesse is important in Christianity, in part because he is mentioned in the genealogy of Jesus Christ.
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The name, a Hebrew name, is used widely, but sparingly. The name Jessica is a European female derivative of the Hebrew original. The name Jesse is a symbolic route to the name Sabrina.
From the eleventh century the Tree of Jesse has been portrayed in religious illuminations, manuscripts, wall paintings, wood carvings and stone including a tomb stone; stained glass windows, floor tiles and embroidery. In the representation of the Tree, it is usual for Jesse to be portrayed recumbent with a tree rising from his body, and the ancestors of Christ portrayed in its branches with Prophets and Christ at the summit. The earliest illustrated manuscripts did not always depict Jesse or Christ. Not all illustrations include the same number of characters; this depends upon the size of the area provided, such as seven light windows or three light windows.
The name Jesse is referenced in the Old Testament, and in particular the passage in Isaiah, Chapter 11, verses 1-3:
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This is regarded by Christians as a prophecy of Jesus, who Christians consider to be the Messiah.
The "Geza of Jesse" is a plateau located just north of the valley of Jezreel in Israel said to have been originally cleared and settled by descendants of David.
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JESSE, in the Bible, the father of David, and as such often regarded as the first in, the genealogy of Jesus Christ (cf. Isa. xi. 1, 10). Hence the phrase "tree of Jesse" is applied to a design representing the descent of Jesus from the royal line of David, formerly a favourite ecclesiastical ornament. From a recumbent figure of Jesse springs a tree bearing in its branches the chief figures in the line of descent, and terminating in the figure of Jesus, or of the Virgin and Child. There are remains of such a tree in the church of St Mary at Abergavenny, carved in wood, and supposed to have once stood behind the high altar. Jesse candelabra were also made. At Laon and Amiens there are sculptured Jesses over the central west doorways of the cathedrals. The design was chiefly used in windows. The great east window at Wells and the window at the west end of the nave at Chartres are fine examples. There is a 16th-century Jesse window from Mechlin in St George's, Hanover Square, London. The Jesse window in the choir of Dorchester Abbey, Oxfordshire, is remarkable in that the tree forms the central mullion, and many of the figures are represented as statuettes on the branches of the upper tracery; other figures are in the stained glass; the whole gives a beautiful example of the combination of glass and carved stonework in one design.
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From Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessai) from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai)
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The Vulgate Latin name Iesse, Jesse was known in medieval Finland, but the modern revival of the name is much due to English Jesse.
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Declension of Jesse (type nalle)
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Finnish Jeesus.
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Meaning: firm, or a gift
A son of Obed, and grandson of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:17ff; Mt 1:5f; Lk 3:32f). He is called "the Bethlehemite" (1Sam 16:1, 1Sam 16:18; 1Sam 17:58) and "the Ephrathite of Bethlehem" (1Sam 17:12).
He was the father of eight sons (1Sam 16:10f, the youngest of whom was David (1Sam 17:12) although in 1Chr 2:13ff only seven are mentioned. He was a person of wealth and position at Bethlehem, his property being chiefly in sheep (1Sam 16:1ff, 1Sam 17:17ff; Ps 7871).
Jesse's name stands out preeminently as that of the father of David, who is called "the son of Jesse" - an expression that was used during David's lifetime and even afterward as a term of contempt: so by Saul (1Sam 20:27ff; 1Sam 22:7f), by Doeg (1Sam 22:9), by Nabal (1Sam 25:10), by Sheba (2 Sam 20:1), and by the Ten Tribes (1 Kg 12:16; 2Chr 10:16. However the prophet Isaiah uses "stem of Jesse" for the family of David (Isa 11:1) and "root of Jesse" (Isa 11:10) as one of his Messianic prophecies.
As Jesse was "an old man in the days of Saul" (1Sam 17:12), it is doubtful whether he lived to see his son king. The last historical mention of Jesse is in 1Sam 22:3, where it is stated that David entrusted his father and his mother to the care of the King of Moab; but, as may be inferred from 1Sam 32:4, this was only temporary.
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