Jesse
See also: Jessé
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek Ἰεσσαί (Iessaí), from Hebrew יִשַׁי (Yishai)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Jesse (plural Jesses)
- (biblical) The father of king David.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:: 1 Samuel 17:12:
- Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Bethlehemjudah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons; and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul.
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
- 1882, Jesse James (folk song):
- Jesse James was a lad that killed many a man, / He robbed the Glendale train. / He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor, / He'd a hand and a heart and a brain.
- 1882, Jesse James (folk song):
- A female given name, variant of Jessie.
- 1985 Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus 1987, →ISBN, page 166-167:
- We had decided to change the spelling of our names. Mine was to become Jesse instead of Jessie, and hers was to be Meribeth, not MaryBeth. We signed these names to the test papers we turned in at school.
- The teacher waved my paper in the air. "I can't give a mark to this person, because I don't know who this person is," she said. "Who is this Jesse?" She spelled the name out loud. "That is a boy's name. Does anybody here know a boy named Jesse?"
- 1985 Alice Munro, The Progress of Love, Chatto&Windus 1987, →ISBN, page 166-167:
Related terms
- Jess, Jessie
- give someone Jesse (to scold or beat)
Translations
biblical father of David
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male given name
Noun
Jesse (plural Jesses)
- (architecture) A representation of the genealogy of Christ, in decorative art, such as a genealogical tree in stained glass or a branched candlestick.
References
- “Jesse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
The Vulgate Latin name Iesse, Jesse was known in medieval Finland, but the modern revival of the name is much due to English Jesse.
Proper noun
Jesse
- a male given name, popular since the 1980s
Declension
Inflection of Jesse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Jesse | Jesset | |
genitive | Jessen | Jessejen | |
partitive | Jesseä | Jessejä | |
illative | Jesseen | Jesseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Jesse | Jesset | |
accusative | nom. | Jesse | Jesset |
gen. | Jessen | ||
genitive | Jessen | Jessejen Jessein rare | |
partitive | Jesseä | Jessejä | |
inessive | Jessessä | Jesseissä | |
elative | Jessestä | Jesseistä | |
illative | Jesseen | Jesseihin | |
adessive | Jessellä | Jesseillä | |
ablative | Jesseltä | Jesseiltä | |
allative | Jesselle | Jesseille | |
essive | Jessenä | Jesseinä | |
translative | Jesseksi | Jesseiksi | |
abessive | Jessettä | Jesseittä | |
instructive | — | Jessein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Related terms
Etymology 2
Finnish Jeesus.
Proper noun
Jesse
Declension
Inflection of Jesse (Kotus type 8/nalle, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | Jesse | Jesset | |
genitive | Jessen | Jessejen | |
partitive | Jesseä | Jessejä | |
illative | Jesseen | Jesseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | Jesse | Jesset | |
accusative | nom. | Jesse | Jesset |
gen. | Jessen | ||
genitive | Jessen | Jessejen Jessein rare | |
partitive | Jesseä | Jessejä | |
inessive | Jessessä | Jesseissä | |
elative | Jessestä | Jesseistä | |
illative | Jesseen | Jesseihin | |
adessive | Jessellä | Jesseillä | |
ablative | Jesseltä | Jesseiltä | |
allative | Jesselle | Jesseille | |
essive | Jessenä | Jesseinä | |
translative | Jesseksi | Jesseiksi | |
abessive | Jessettä | Jesseittä | |
instructive | — | Jessein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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