Bible Names

Isaiah: meaning of the name

Isaiah means “the salvation of the Lord.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

Isaiah in Hebrew and Greek

יְשַׁעְיָה H3470

Yᵉshaʻyâh (yesh-ah-yaw') — Jeshajah, the name of seven Israelites

or יְשַׁעְיָהוּ; from H3467 (יָשַׁע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has saved;

Who named Isaiah in the Bible

Isaiah in Scripture

“Isaiah” appears in 32 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • 2 Kings 19:2

    And he sent Eliakim, which was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and the elders of the priests, covered with sackcloth, to Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz.

  • 2 Kings 19:5

    So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah.

  • 2 Kings 19:6

    And Isaiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to your master, Thus saith the Lord, Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard, with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me.

  • 2 Kings 19:20

    Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah, saying, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard.

  • 2 Kings 20:1

    In those days was Hezekiah sick unto death. And the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order; for thou shalt die, and not live.

  • 2 Kings 20:4

    And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle court, that the word of the Lord came to him, saying,

  • 2 Kings 20:7

    And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.

  • 2 Kings 20:8

    And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah, What shall be the sign that the Lord will heal me, and that I shall go up into the house of the Lord the third day?