Jesse

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Biblical figure Human

Jesse is a figure in the Hebrew Bible best known as the father of King David and the ancestor from whose line the Davidic monarchy and, in Christian tradition, Jesus are said to descend.

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Biblical figure ⓘ
Human ⓘ
appearsInBook 1 Samuel ⓘ
2 Samuel ⓘ
Isaiah ⓘ
Luke ⓘ
Matthew ⓘ
Ruth ⓘ
appearsInGenealogyOf Jesus Christ ⓘ
surface form: Jesus
ethnicity Israelite ⓘ
father Obed ⓘ
gender Male ⓘ
givenName Jesse self-link ⓘ
grandfather Boaz ⓘ
grandmother Ruth ⓘ
hasSon Abinadab ⓘ
David ⓘ
Eliab ⓘ
Nethanel ⓘ
Ozem ⓘ
Raddai ⓘ
Shammah ⓘ
Unnamed eighth son ⓘ
languageOfName Hebrew ⓘ
lineage King Davidic dynasty ⓘ
surface form: Davidic line

King Davidic dynasty ⓘ
surface form: House of David
mentionedIn Book of Isaiah ⓘ
Book of Ruth ⓘ
Books of Samuel ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

New Testament ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
nameInHebrew יִשַׁי ⓘ
notableFor Being an ancestor of the Messiah in Jewish and Christian tradition ⓘ
Being progenitor of the Davidic dynasty ⓘ
numberOfSons 8 ⓘ
religiousTradition Judaism ⓘ
residence Bethlehem ⓘ
Bethlehem ⓘ
surface form: Bethlehem in Judah
roleInBible Ancestor of the Davidic monarchy ⓘ
Father of King David ⓘ
roleInChristianTradition Ancestor of Jesus ⓘ
spouse Unnamed wife ⓘ
symbolAssociatedWith Jesse Tree ⓘ
surface form: Root of Jesse

Stump of Jesse ⓘ
Jesse Tree ⓘ
surface form: Tree of Jesse
transliteration Yishai ⓘ
tribe Tribe of Judah ⓘ
veneratedIn Christianity ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ruth → containsGenealogyOf → Jesse ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Ruth
King David → father → Jesse ⓘ
Jesse → givenName → Jesse self-link ⓘ
Jesse Fell → givenName → Jesse ⓘ