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Jesui

/JES-yoo-eye/

Summary

A son of Asher whose descendants were numbered among the Israelites in the plains of Moab; also called Isui and Ishuai.

☩Identity

Jesui was a son of Asher whose descendants, the Jesuites, were numbered in the census taken in the plains of Moab at the Jordan near Jericho (Numbers 26:44). He is the same person called Isui in Genesis 46:17 and Ishuai in 1 Chronicles 7:30. The name means 'even' or 'level.'

Key verses:Numbers 26:44Genesis 46:171 Chronicles 7:30

Related Verses1 mention

Numbers· 1 verse

26:44

References

  1. 1.John McClintock and James Strong, "Jesui, Jesuite," in Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature, vol. IV (Harper & Brothers, 1867–1887).
  2. 2.F. N. Peloubet & M. A. Peloubet (ed.), "Jesui," in Smith's Bible Dictionary (Porter & Coates, 1884).
  3. 3.Andrew Robert Fausset, "Jesui," in The Englishman's Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopædia (Hodder & Stoughton, 1878).