Jeshishai

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

An ancestor of the Gadites dwelling in Gilead and reckoned by genealogies in Jotham's days (1 Chronicles 5:14; 1 Chronicles 5:17). A part of the transjordanic tribes came temporarily under his dominion in the period of disorder in Israel after the death of Jeroboam II This caused his registration of the Gadites. Pekah in Ahaz's reign, probably by the Syrian Rezin's help, recovered Gilead.

Holman Bible Dictionary

1 Chronicles 5:14

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

JESHISHAI . A Gadite family ( 1 Chronicles 5:14 ).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Son of Jahdo, of the tribe of Gad. 1 Chronicles 5:14 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jeshish'a-i. (descended from an old man). One of the ancestors of the Gadites, who dwelt in Gilead. 1 Chronicles 5:14.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

je - shish ´- ā́ - ı̄ ( ישׁישי , yeshı̄shay , "aged"): A G adite chief (and family?) (1 Chronicles 5:14 ).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

[many Jeshish'ai', some Jeshisha'I] (Heb. Yeshishay', יְשַׁישִׁי , grayish, perh. q.d. born of an old man, Sept. Ι᾿εσσαϊ v v.r. Ι᾿εσαϊ v ), the son of Jahdo and father of Michael, of the ancestry of Abihail, a Gadite chief in Bashan (1 Chronicles 5:14). B.C. long ante 782.