King James Bible Dictionary

Jah has saved; {Jeshajah} the name of seven Israelites

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. son of Hananiah, brother of Pelatiah, and grandson of Zerubbabel

3. a Benjamite

4. one of the 6 sons of Jeduthun

5. son of Rehabiah, a descendant of Moses through Gershom, and an ancestor of a Levite treasurer in the time of David

6. son of Athaliah and chief of the house of Elam who returned with Ezra

7. a chief of the descendants of Merari who returned with Ezra