Jesse

From יִשַׁי (Yishai) [1] [2] . This could be a derivative of the word שַׁי (shai) meaning "gift" or יֵשׁ (yesh) meaning "existence" [3] [4] [5] [6] . In the Old Testament Jesse is the father of King David. It began to be used as an English given name after the Protestant Reformation.A famous bearer was Jesse James (1847-1882), an American outlaw who held up banks and stagecoaches. He was eventually shot by a fellow gang member for a reward. Another famous bearer was the American athlete Jesse Owens (1913-1980), whose real name was James Cleveland (or J. C.) Owens.

youthful informal common wholesome strong strange simple

1. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g2421, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g2421.
2. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h3448, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h3448.
3. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h7862, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h7862.
4. Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry h3426, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=h3426.
5. Withycombe, Elizabeth Gidley. The Oxford Dictionary of English Christian Names. Oxford, 1945, page 78.
6. Hanks, Patrick and Flavia Hodges. A Dictionary of First Names. Oxford, 1990, page 176.

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