Jesse, in the hebrew bible (old testament), the father of king david. Jesse was the son of obed and the grandson of boaz and ruth. He was a farmer and sheep breeder in bethlehem.

The meaning of jesse is the father of david, king of israel, according to the account in i samuel. An indepth look at the meaning and etymology of the awesome name jesse. We'll discuss the original hebrew, plus the words and names jesse is related to, plus the occurences of this name in the bible. Jesse is important in judaism because he was the father of the most famous king of israel. He is important in christianity, in part because he is in the old testament and mentioned in the genealogy รขโ‚ฌยฆ

He is important in christianity, in part because he is in the old testament and mentioned in the genealogy รขโ‚ฌยฆ