| Isaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = "Jehovah has saved"
1. the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb 11:37 2. son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel 3. a Benjamite 4. one of the 6 sons of Jeduthun 5. son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Moses through Gershom, and an ancestor of a Levite treasurer in the time of David 6. son of Athaliah and chief of the house of Elam who returned with Ezra 7. a chief of the descendants of Merari who returned with Ezra |