International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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Jeshishai

je-shish'-a-i (yeshishay, "aged"): A Gadite chief (and family?) (1Ch 5:14).

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Jeshohaiah

jesh-o-ha'-ya, jesh-o-hi'-a (yeshochayah, meaning unknown): A prince in Simeon (1Ch 4:36).

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Jeshua

jesh'-u-a, je-shu'-a (yeshua`): A place occupied by the children of Judah after their return from captivity (Ne 11:26), evidently, from the places named with it, in the extreme ...

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Jeshua; Jeshuah

jesh'-u-a, je-shu'-a (yeshua`, "Yahweh is deliverance" or "opulence"; compare JOSHUA):(1) the King James Version "Jeshuah," head of the 9th course of priests, and possibly of "t...

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Jeshurun

je-shu'-run, jesh'-u-run (yeshurun, "upright one,"De 32:15;33:5,26;Isa 44:2): Septuagint translates it "the beloved one" egapemenos, the perfect participle passive of agapao), a...

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Jesiah

je-si'-a (1Ch 23:20the King James Version).SeeISSHIAH.

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Jesias

je-si'-as (Iesias; the King James Version Josias (1 Esdras 8:33)): Corresponding to Jeshaiah, son of Athaliah (Ezr 8:7).

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Jesimiel

je-sim'-i-el (yesimi'el, "God establishes"): A prince of Simeon (1Ch 4:36).

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Jesse

jes'-e (yishay, meaning doubtful; according to Gesenius it = "wealthy"; Olshausen, Gram., sections 277 f, conjectures yesh yah, "Yahweh exists"; Wellhausen (1Sa 14:49) explains ...

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Jesting

jest'-ing: Used from Tyndale down as the translation of eutrapelia (Eph 5:4). Aristotle uses the original in his Ethics iv.14 as an equivalent of "quick-witted," from its root m...

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Jesui

jes'-u-i.SeeISHVI.

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Jesuites

jes'-u-its.SeeISHVI.

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Jesurun

je-su'-run, jes'-u-run.SeeJESHURUN.

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Jesus

je'-zus (Iesous, for yehoshua`):(1) Joshua, son of Nun (the King James VersionAc 7:45;Heb 4:8; compare 1 Macc 2:55; 2 Esdras 7:37).(2) (3) High priest and Levite.See JESHUA, 2, ...

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Jesus Christ

je'-zus krist (Iesous Christos):I. THE NAMESII. ORDER OF TREATMENTPART I. INTRODUCTORYI. THE SOURCES1. In General2. Denial of Existence of Jesus3. Extra-Christian Notices4. The ...

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Jesus Christ, The Arrest And Trial Of

|| 1. Jewish and Roman Law2. Difficulties of the Subject3. Illustrations of DifficultiesI. THE ARREST1. Preparatory Steps2. The Arrest in the Garden3. Taken to the CityII. THE J...

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Jesus Justus

je'-zus jus'-tus Iesous ho legomenos Ioustos, "Jesus that is called Justus,"Col 4:11):1. A Jew by Birth:One of three friends of Paul--the others being Aristarchus and Mark--whom...

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Jesus, Genealogy Of

SeeGENEALOGY OF JESUS CHRIST.

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Jether

je'-ther (yether, "abundance"):(1)Ex 4:18the Revised Version margin, King James Version, margin.SeeJETHRO.(2) Gideon's eldest son (Jud 8:20), who was called upon by his father t...

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Jetheth

je'-theth (yetheth, meaning unknown): a chief (or clan) of Edom (Ge 36:40parallel1Ch 1:51), but probably a mistake for "Jether" = "Ithran" (Ge 36:26).

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Jethlah

jeth'-la (yithlah).SeeITHLAH.

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Jethro

jeth'-ro, je'-thro (yithro, "excellence,"Ex 3:1;4:18b; 18:1-12 (in 4:18a, probably a textual error, yether, "Iether," the King James Version margin, the Revised Version margin);...

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Jetur

je'-tur (yeTur, meaning uncertain): a "son" of Ishmael (Ge 25:15parallel1Ch 1:31); against this clan the two and a half tribes warred (1Ch 5:18f); they are the Itureans of New T...

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Jeuel

je-u'-el ju'-el (ye'-u'-el, meaning unknown):(1) A man of Judah (1Ch 9:6); the name is not found in the parallel ofNe 11:24. (2) A Levite, the King James Version "Jeiel" (2Ch 29...

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Jeush

je'-ush (ye`ush, probably "he protects," "he comes to help"; see HPN, 109; Kethibh is ye`ish, inGe 36:5,14;1Ch 7:10):(1) A "son" of Esau (Ge 36:5,14,18;1Ch 1:35). "The name is t...

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Jeuz

je'-uz ye`-uts "he counsels"): The eponym of a Benjamite family (1Ch 8:10).

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Jew, Jewess, Jewish

ju, joo, ju'-ish, joo'-ish (yehudhi plural yehudhim; Ioudaioi; feminine adjective yehudhith; Ioudaikos): "Jew" denotes originally an inhabitant of Judah (2Ki 16:6applies to the ...