DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Jesse

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

47exact KJV occurrences 42Old Testament 5New Testament 12books containing the word 2mapped Strong's IDs 47occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Ruth 4:17

And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Romans 15:12

And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

1 Samuel

26 occurrences in 24 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where Jesse appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Ruth 32 verses 1 Samuel 2624 verses 2 Samuel 22 verses 1 Kings 11 verses 1 Chronicles 55 verses 2 Chronicles 22 verses Psalms 11 verses Isaiah 22 verses Matthew 22 verses Luke 11 verses Acts 11 verses Romans 11 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH3448

יִשַׁי

Yishay · yee-shah'-ee

42 times translated as this KJV form42 total Strong's occurrences

n-pr-m

Jishai, David's father

Strong's KJV usage: Jesse.

Strong's first: Ruth 4:17Strong's last: Isaiah 11:10

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GreekG2421

Ἰεσσαί

Iessaí · es-es-sah'-ee

5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

Jessæ (i.e. Jishai), an Israelite

Strong's KJV usage: :--Jesse.

Other KJV renderings

was 1

Strong's first: Matthew 1:5Strong's last: Romans 15:12

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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2 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

2 Samuel 20:1

H3448

And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.

2 Samuel 23:1

H3448

Now these be the last words of David. David the son of Jesse said, and the man who was raised up on high, the anointed of the God of Jacob, and the sweet psalmist of Israel, said,

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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jesse

JES'SE, noun A large brass candlestick branched into many sconces, hanging down in the middle of a church or choir.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.

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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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