noun · masculine
ēsaios
Strong’sG2268
Isaiah
stem ēsai-22 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
Isaiah, the name of the Old Testament prophet, referring to him as the author of the prophetic book quoted or cited in the New Testament 1234.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
Ἠσαίας (Rec. Ἠσαΐας), -ου, ο (Heb. יְשַׁעְיָהוּ),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2268 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhay-sah-ee'-as
Hesaias (i.e. Jeshajah), an Israelite
Fromof Hebrew origin ();
King JamesEsaias.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Isaiah, the prophet:
(From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | ēsaios10×Ἠσαΐας | ēsaiois |
| object accusative | ēsaion2×Ἠσαΐαν | ēsaioin |
| direct address vocative | ēsaior | ēsaioir |
| of, belonging to genitive | ēsaiou9×Ἠσαΐου | ēsaioiu |
| to, for dative | ēsaio1×Ἠσαΐᾳ | ēsaioi |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
ēsaio is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
22 occurrences, every one of them listed
ēsaios“Isaiah”subjectnominative singular10×
Matthew 15:7hupokritoir, kalōs profēteuata peri vu Ēsaios legarōntos;You hypocrites! Isaiah prophesied correctly about you:
Mark 7:6tos de legata autoi; Kalōs profēteuata Ēsaios peri vu toiu hupokritoiu, hōs grafotē …Jesus answered them, “Isaiah prophesied correctly about you hypocrites, as …
John 1:23… Euthunavar tan hodan kuriou, kathōs legata Ēsaios tos profētos.John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice …
John 12:39… ouk dunole pisteuarō hoti palin legata Ēsaios;… were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says:
John 12:41houteim legata Ēsaios hoti horata tan doxan autou, kai …Isaiah said these things because he saw …
Romans 9:27Ēsaios de krazatō huper tou Israēl; Ean …Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the …
Romans 9:29kai kathōs prolegatē Ēsaios; Ei mē kurios Sabaōth enkatalipata ni …It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts …
Romans 10:16alla ouk pantois hupakouala te euangelie; Ēsaios gar legatō; Kurior, tinos pisteuata ta …… them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our …
Romans 10:20Ēsaios de apotolmatō kai legatō; Heuriskima en …And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by …
Romans 15:12kai palin Ēsaios legatō; Eti tas rizas tou Iessai, …And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will …
ēsaion“Isaiah”objectaccusative singular2×
Acts 8:28… harmeu autou kai anagnōskate ton profēton Ēsaion.… was sitting in his chariot reading Isaiah the prophet.
Acts 8:30… de tos Filippos akouata autou anagnōskarōntou Ēsaion ton profēton kai legata; Ara ge …… up and heard the man reading Isaiah the prophet. “Do you understand what …
ēsaiou“Isaiah”of, belonging togenitive singular9×
Matthew 3:3houtos gar atō tos legirantos dia Ēsaiou tou profētou legarōntou; Fōnas boarōntou en …… was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in …
Matthew 4:14hina plēriteia tem legirantem dia Ēsaiou tou profētou legarōntou;… what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
Matthew 8:17hopōs plēriteia tem legirantem dia Ēsaiou tou profētou legarōntou; Autos tain astheniain …… what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and …
Matthew 12:17hina plēriteia tem legirantem dia Ēsaiou tou profētou legarōntou;… what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
Matthew 13:14kai anaplērotō autoi tas profēteias Ēsaiou tas legarōntas; Akoa akouavi kai ouk …In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever …
Luke 3:4hōs grafotē en bibla logoiu Ēsaiou tou profētou; Fōnas boarōntou en ta …… the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one …
Luke 4:17kai epidōita auto bibliem tou profētou Ēsaiou kai anaptussarantos tem bibliem heuriskata ton …the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it …
John 12:38hina tos logos Ēsaiou tou profētou plēriteia hon legata; Kurior, …… was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed …
Acts 28:25… tem pneumem tem hagiem lalata dia Ēsaiou tou profētou pros toin patroin vu… He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
ēsaio“Isaiah”to, fordative singular1×
Mark 1:2Kathōs grafotē en to Ēsaio to profēto; Idou apostelamō ton angelon …As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send …