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Jesse

Jesse, father of King David, has a Hebrew name of uncertain meaning, perhaps 'gift' or '(God) exists'. The 'Tree of Jesse' of medieval stained glass made the Greek-Latin form familiar across Europe, while Luther and the Geneva Old Testament went back to Hebrew-style Isai and Ishai.

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