The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

Ἰεσσαί

Lexicon IndexWritten Scriptures
LemmaἸεσσαί
Citation formἸεσσαί, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
GlossJesse
Strong’sG2421
TransliterationIessaí
DefinitionJessæ (i.e. Jishai), an Israelite
KJV glosses:--Jesse.
Derivationof Hebrew origin ()
SBLGNT occurrences5

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
Ἰεσσαί
noun, accusative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----ASM-) — Matthew 1:5
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Acts 13:22
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Romans 15:12
Ἰεσσαὶ
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-) — Luke 3:32
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-) — Matthew 1:6

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ιεσσαι.