These names are derived from the Hebrew yīshai meaning gift.

Jessica biblical meaning of name. With Old Hebrew origins the meaning of the name Jessica is rich wealthy or God beholds This doesnt refer to financial wealth. Probably based on the biblical. Rather the name Jessica is associated with a wealth of knowledge about God.

Matthew 65-6 ESV 3 helpful votes Helpful Not Helpful And when you pray you must not be like the hypocrites. Since the 20th century Jessica has been one of the most popular feminine given names in the United States. The name was first used by Shakespeare in naming the daughter of Shylock in his play The Merchant of Venice 1596.

Abram and Nachor took to themselves wives the name of Abrams wife being Sarai and that of Nachors wife Milka the daughter of Haran the father of Milka and Yiska. JESSICA Name Meaning and History What Does JESSICA Mean and History. Perhaps that is because it appears only once in the Bible in Genesis 1119.

Formerly rare but since the 1970s popular in all English-speaking countries. Meaning of the name Jessica. Many people are surprised to learn that Jessica which is the transliteration of Yiska is actually a Biblical name.

This name derives from the Hebrew Yiskāh Iskah meaning foresight or being able to see the potential in the future. Jessica means a gift from god. The oldest written record of the name with its current spelling is found as the name of the Shakespearean character Jessica from the play The Merchant of VeniceThe name may have been an Anglicisation of the biblical Iscah from the Hebrew.

How to pronounce definit. It appears that Shakespeare derived the name from Iscah Hebrew or the alternative form Jesca Hebrew which appeared in the book of Genesis of the Bible as the name of a daughter of Haran. First used by Shakespeare in his play The Merchant of Venice.