BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7610
she.ar ya.shuv — Shear-jashub
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at Isa.7.3; son of: Isaiah (H3470A); brother of: Maher-shalal-hash-baz (H4122) § Shear-jashub = "a remnant shall return" a symbolical name for the son of Isaiah the prophet
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3470
ye.sha.yah — Isaiah
A prophet living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.19.2; son of: Amoz (H0531); father of: Shear-jashub (H7610), Maher-shalal-hash-baz (H4122) Also named: Hēsaias (Ἡσαΐας "Isaiah" G2268) § Isaiah or Jesaiah or Jeshaiah = "Jehovah has saved" 1) the major prophet, son of Amoz, who prophesied concerning Judah and Jerusalem during the days of kings Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah; author of the prophetic book by his name; tradition has it that he was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carob tree by king Manasseh and that this is the incident referred to in Heb 11:37 2) one of the 6 sons of Jeduthun 3) son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Moses through Gershom, and an ancestor of a Levite treasurer in the time of David
39 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4122
ma.her sha.lal chash baz — Maher-shalal-hash-baz
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Isa.8.1; son of: Isaiah (H3470A); brother of: Shear-jashub (H7610) § Mahershalalhashbaz = Maher-shalal-hash-baz "swift is booty, speedy is prey" symbolic name given by Isaiah by the Lord's direction to Isaiah's son; prophetic indication that Damascus and Samaria were soon to be plundered by the king of Assyria
2 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →A remnant shall escape or return (i.e., to God), a symbolical name which the prophet Isaiah gave to his son (Isa. 7:3), perhaps his eldest son.
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
