יְשַׁעְיָ֫הוּ H3470a
Isaiah (Yeshayahu) — 'Yah is salvation,' the prophet son of Amoz who ministered in 8th-century Judah
Yeshayahu (Isaiah) is a theophoric name meaning 'Yah is salvation,' combining the root y-sh-' ('to save, deliver') with the divine name. The name appears 35 times, referring primarily to the great prophet who served under four Judahite kings — Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah — spanning roughly 740 to 700 BC. Isaiah's most dramatic narrative role unfolds during the Assyrian crisis: he counseled Hezekiah to trust God rather than capitulate (2 Kgs 19:2-7, 20-34; Isa 37), and he announced the king's miraculous healing and the sign of the retreating shadow (2 Kgs 20:1-11). The prophet is also credited with writing a history of Uzziah's reign (2 Chr 26:22) and Hezekiah's (2 Chr 32:32). The Septuagint renders the name Esaias, whence English 'Isaiah.'
Senses
1. Yeshayahu / Isaiah (proper noun) — The proper masculine name Yeshayahu ('Yah is salvation'), identifying the 8th-century Judahite prophet son of Amoz. Narrative occurrences concentrate in 2 Kings 19-20 and their Isaiah parallels (chs. 37-39), where he serves as Hezekiah's prophetic counselor during the Sennacherib crisis and the king's illness. The superscription of the book bearing his name (Isa 1:1) and the Chronicles references (2 Chr 26:22; 32:20, 32) establish him as both prophet and historiographer. A secondary Yeshayahu appears among the sons of Jeduthun (1 Chr 25:3, 15). The Greek Esaias, Spanish 'Isaias,' and German 'Jesaja' all derive from the Hebrew through Septuagintal transmission. 35×
AR["إشَعيَا", "إِشَعْيَا", "إِشَعْيَاءَ", "إِشَعْيَاءُ", "يَشَعْيَا", "يَشَعْيَاهُ"]·ben["যিশাইয়", "যিশাইয়কে", "যিশাইয়ের", "যিশায়", "যিশায়র", "যিশায়িয়াহু", "যিশায়ের"]·DE["Jesaja", "Yeshayahu"]·EN["Isaiah", "Yeshayahu", "son", "to-him"]·FR["Ésaïe"]·heb["ישעיהו"]·HI["अच्छा-है", "यशायाह", "यशायाह-ने", "यशायाहू", "यशायाहू-का", "यशायाहू-के", "यशायाहू-ने", "यशेयाहू-ने"]·ID["Yesaya"]·IT["Isaia", "Yeshayahu"]·jav["Yesaya", "Yésaya", "nabi"]·KO["이사야", "이사야가", "이사야에게", "이사야의"]·PT["Yesha'yahu", "Yeshayahu"]·RU["Йешайяху", "Йешаяhу", "Йешаяху"]·ES["Isaías", "Yeshayahu"]·SW["Isaya", "Yeshaya", "Yeshayahu", "wa-Isaya", "ya-Yeshaya"]·TR["Yesayahu", "Yesayahu'nun", "Yesayahu'ya", "Yeşaya", "Yeşaya'ya", "Yeşayahu'nun"]·urd["یسعیاہ", "یسعیاہ-نے", "یسعیاہ-کے"]
2 Kgs 19:2, 2 Kgs 19:5, 2 Kgs 19:6, 2 Kgs 19:20, 2 Kgs 20:1, 2 Kgs 20:4, 2 Kgs 20:7, 2 Kgs 20:8, 2 Kgs 20:9, 2 Kgs 20:11, 2 Kgs 20:14, 2 Kgs 20:16 (+23 more)
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
יְשַׁעְיָ֫הוּ n.pr.m. (salvation of Yah; cf. אֱלִישָׁע p. 46 supr.; ישעאל on scarab ClGannJAs 1883, Fev.–Mars, 135, No. 8)— 1. Isaiah, son of ʾAmôṣ, the prophet: Is 1:1 + 15 times Is., 2 K 19:2 + 12 times K., 2 Ch 26:22; 32:20, 32, 𝔊 Ησαιας, 𝔙 Isaias. †2. one of the children of Jeduthun 1 Ch 25:3, 15, 𝔊 Ισαια, etc. †3. a Levite ancestor of one of David’s treasurers 1 Ch 26:25, 𝔊 Ωσαιας, 𝔊L Ιωσηε.