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Jesimiel
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
or (Heb. Yesimiel', יְשַׂימַיאֵל, appointed of God; Sept. Ι᾿σμαήλ ), apparently one of the chief Simeonites who migrated to the valley of Gedor in search of pasture (1 Chronicles 4:36). B.C. cir. 711. Jessaeans.
According to Epiphanius, the first distinctive appellation of Christians was Ιεσσαῖοι , Jessaeans, but it is doubtful from whom the title was derived, or in what sense it was applied. Some suppose it was from Jesse, the father of David; others (and with far greater probability of accuracy) trace it to the name of the Lord Jesus. Philo is known to have written a work on the first Church of St. Mark at Alexandria, which he himself entitled περὶ Ι᾿εσσαίων, which is now extant under the title of περἱ βίου θεωρητικοῦ (of the contemplative life), and so is cited by Eusebius even: Jerome, however, knew the work intimately, and for this reason gave Philo a place in his list of ecclesiastical writers. Eusebius also mentions the name Jessaeans as a distinctive appellation of the early Christians. Comp. Bingham, Antiq. bk. 1, ch. 1, § 1; Riddle, Christian Antiquities, p. 181.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Jesimiel'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/j/jesimiel.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
