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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), general editor James Orr — public domain, printed whole.

is-shi'-ja (yishshiyah, "Yah lends"; the King James Version Ishijah): A man of the household of Harim, named among those who, at Ezra's command, were induced to put away their "strange wives" (Ezr 10:31). Also called "Aseas" (1 Esdras 9:32).