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ISAIAH
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Gender: Masculine
Usage: English, Jewish, Biblical
Pronounced: ie-ZAY-ə (English), ie-ZIE-ə (English) [key]
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From the Hebrew name יְשַׁעְיָהוּ (Yesha'yahu) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation". Isaiah was a major prophet of the Old Testament, supposedly the author of the Book of Isaiah. He was from Jerusalem and probably lived in the 8th century BC. As an English Christian name, Isaiah was first used after the Protestant Reformation. |
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