Ῥησά G4488
Rhesa, an ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy
Rhesa appears in Luke 3:27 as part of the genealogy tracing Jesus' lineage from Adam through lesser-known post-exilic ancestors. Little is known about this individual beyond his place in the ancestral chain. The name is preserved consistently across translations, maintaining the genealogical record that establishes Jesus' human descent and connection to the promises given through Abraham and David.
Senses
1. sense 1 — A personal name appearing in Luke's genealogy of Jesus, connecting the Messiah to post-exilic Jewish ancestors. The uniform transliteration across languages treats this as a historical proper name, part of the genealogical evidence that Jesus is truly human and rooted in Israel's history. 1×
AR["رِيسَا"]·ben["রেষার"]·DE["Ῥησὰ"]·EN["Rhēsa"]·FR["Rhésa"]·heb["רֵשָׁא"]·HI["रेसा"]·ID["Resa"]·IT["resa"]·jav["Rèsa,"]·KO["레사-의"]·PT["Resá"]·RU["Рисаев"]·ES["Rhēsá"]·SW["Rhēsá"]·TR["Risa"]·urd["ریساہ-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Ῥησά (L, -σᾶ), ὁ indecl., Rhesa: Luk.3:27.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)