Lexical Definition

‎יְהוֹשׁוּעַ‎ Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ (yeh-ho-shoo'-ah) Joshua ^N:N-M-P
or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yᵉhôwshuʻa (yeh-ho-shoo'-ah); from ‎יְהֹוָה‎ and ‎יָשַׁע‎; Jehovah-saved

Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare ‎הוֹשֵׁעַ‎, ‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎.

• § Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"
• Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader

n pr m
1) son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan
2) a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it
3) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration
4) governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem

See Greek: Ἰησοῦς · Βαριησοῦς

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎יְהוֺשׁוּעַ‎, ‎יְהוֺשֻׁעַ‎ and (later) ‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎, proper name, masculine (& location, see 9 below) (‎׳‎‎י‎ is salvation, or ‎׳‎‎י‎ is opulence, compare ‎אֱלִישָׁע‎, ‎אֱלִישׁוּעַ‎, ‎אֲבִישׁוּעַ‎ & Nes^{SK 1892, 573 f.}; in any case it came to be associated with ‎ישׁע‎, compare Matt 1:21 on ‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎ see especially Frä^{VOJ iv. 1890, 332 f.} Müll^{SK 1892, 177 f.} who cite analogue for change of ‎וֹ‎ to later ‎ֵ֯‎, & Nes^l.c.) —

1. Moses' successor, son of Nun, (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) ‎יְהוֺשׁוּעַ‎ Deut 3:21; Judg 2:7 = ‎יְהוֺשֻׁעַ‎ Exod 17:9; Exod 17:10; Exod 17:13; Exod 17:14; Exod 24:13; Exod 32:17; Exod 33:11; Num 11:28; Num 13:16; Num 14:6; Num 14:30; Num 14:38; Num 26:65; Num 27:18; Num 27:22; Num 32:12; Num 32:28; Num 34:17; Deut 1:38; Deut 3:28; Deut 31:3; Deut 31:7; Deut 31:14 (twice in verse); Deut 31:23; Deut 34:9; Josh 1:1 + 167 t. Joshua; Judg 1:1; Judg 2:6; Judg 2:7; Judg 2:8; Judg 2:21; Judg 2:23; 1Kgs 16:34; 1Chr 7:27 = ‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎ Neh 8:17 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς); according to P, name changed by Moses from ‎הוֺשֵׁעַ‎ q. v. Num 13:8; Num 13:16 (ᵐ5 Αὑση) Deut 32:44 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς).

2. ‎יְהוֺשֻׁעַ‎ a Bethshemite 1Sam 6:14; 1Sam 6:18 (ᵐ5 'Wshe, A Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5^L Ἰωσηε).

3. high priest after the restoration, son of Jehozadak ‎יְהוֺשֻׁעַ‎ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) Hag 1:1; Hag 1:12; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2; Hag 2:4; Zech 3:1; Zech 3:3; Zech 3:6; Zech 3:8; Zech 3:9; Zech 6:11 = ‎יְשׁוּעַ‎ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 5:2; Ezra 10:18; Neh 7:7; Neh 12:1; Neh 12:7; Neh 12:10; Neh 12:26.

4. ‎יְהוֺשֻׁעַ‎ governor of Jerusalem under Josiah 2Kgs 23:8 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5^L Ἰωσηε).

5. ‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς). head of one of the classes of priests 1Chr 24:11, possibly also Ezra 2:36 = Neh 7:39.

6. ‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς etc.), a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence:

a. Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9 = Neh 7:43; Neh 8:7; Neh 9:4; Neh 9:5; Neh 10:10*; Neh 12:8.
b. 2Chr 31:15; Ezra 8:33; Neh 12:24.

7. ‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎ (ᵐ5 id.), father of a builder at the wall Neh 3:19, perhaps =

8. a Judaite family-name (ᵐ5 id.), Ezra 2:6 = Neh 7:11 (compare Sm^{Listen 12}).

9. proper name, of a location in south of Judah Neh 11:26 ‎בְּיֵשׁוּעַ‎ (ᵐ5 ἐν Ἰησού, ᵐ5^L ἐν Σουα).

Also see: יֵשׁוּעַ

‎יְהוֺשֻׁעַ‎, ‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎ proper name.

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