Smith's Bible Dictionary

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JERUSHAH

(possessed). (2 Chronicles 27:1) The same as the preceding.

191

JESAIAH

(salvation of Jehovah).Son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah and grandson of Zerubbabel. (1 Chronicles 3:21) (B.C. after 536.)

192

JESHAIAH

(salvation of Jehovah).One of the six sons of Jeduthun. (1 Chronicles 25:3,15) (B.C. 1014.)A Levite in the reign of David, eldest son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Amram through ...

193

JESHANAH

(old), a town which, with its dependent villages, was one of the three taken from Jeroboam by Abijah. (2 Chronicles 13:19)

194

JESHARELAH

(right before God), son of Asaph, and head of the seventh of the twenty-four wards into which the musicians of the Levites were divided. (1 Chronicles 25:14) [ASARELAH] (B.C. 10...

195

JESHEBEAB

(father’s seat), head of the fourteenth course of priests. (1 Chronicles 24:13) [JEHOIARIB]

196

JESHER

(uprightness), one of the sons of Caleb the son of Hezron by his wife Azubah. (1 Chronicles 2:18) (B.C. before 1491).

197

JESHIMON

(a wilderness), a name which occurs in (Numbers 21:20) and Numb 23:28 In designating the position of Pisgah and Peor; both described as "facing the Jeshimon." Perhaps the dreary...

198

JESHISHAI

(descended from an old man), one of the ancestors of the Gadites who dwelt in Gilead. (1 Chronicles 5:14)

199

JESHOHAIAH

(whom Jehovah casts down), a chief of the Simeonites, descended from Shimei. (1 Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. about 711.)

200

JESHUA

(whom Jehovah helps), one of the towns reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity. (Nehemiah 11:26) It is not mentioned elsewhere.

201

JESHUA

(a saviour), another form of the name of Joshua of Jesus.Joshua the son of Nun. (Nehemiah 8:17) [JOSHUA]A priest in the reign of David, to whom the nine course fell by David, to...

202

JESHUAH

a priest in the reign of David, (1 Chronicles 24:11) the same as JESHUA, No. 2. (B.C. 1014.)

203

JESHURUN

(supremely happy), and once by mistake in Authorized Version JESURUN, (Isaiah 44:2) a symbolical name for Israel in (32:15; 33:5,26; Isaiah 44:2) It is most probably derived fro...

204

JESIAH

(whom Jehovah lends).A Korhite, one of the mighty men who joined David’s standard at Ziklag. (1 Chronicles 12:6) (B.C. 1055.)The second son of Uzziel, the son of Kohath. (1 Chro...

205

JESIMIEL

(whom God makes), a Simeonite chief of the family of Shimei. (1 Chronicles 4:36) (B.C. about 711.)

206

JESSE

(wealthy), the father of David, was the son of Obed, who again was the fruit of the union of Boaz and the Moabitess Ruth. His great-grandmother was Rahab the Canaanite, of Jeric...

207

JESUI

(even, level), the son of Asher, whose descendants the Jesuites were numbered in the plains of Moab at the Jordan of Jericho. (Numbers 26:44) (B.C. 1451.) He is elsewhere called...

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JESUITES

(the posterity of Jesui), The, a family of the tribe of Asher. (Numbers 26:44)

209

JESURUN

[JESHURUN]

210

JESUS

called Jestus, a Christian who was with St. Paul at Rome. (Colossians 4:11) (A.D. 57.)

211

JESUS

(saviour).The Greek form of the name Joshua or Jeshua, a contraction of Jehoshua, that is, "help of Jehovah" or "saviour." (Numbers 13:16)Joshua the son of Nun. (Numbers 27:18; ...

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JESUS CHRIST

"The life and character of Jesus Christ," says Dr. Schaff, "is the holy of holies in the history of the world."NAME. --The name Jesus signifies saviour. It is the Greek form of ...

213

JESUS THE SON OF SIRACH

[ECCLESIASTICUS]

214

JETHER

(his excellence).Jethro, the father-in-law of Moses. (Exodus 4:18) (B.C. 1530.)The first-born of Gideon’s seventy sons. (Judges 8:20) (B.C. 1256.)The father of Amasa, captain-ge...

215

JETHETH

(a nail), one of the "dukes" who came of Esau. (Genesis 36:40; 1 Chronicles 1:51)

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JETHLAH

(height), one of the cities of the tribe of Dan. (Joshua 19:42)