Lexical Definition

‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎ Yêshûwaʻ (yay-shoo'-ah) Jeshua N:N-M-P
for ‎יְהוֹשׁוּעַ‎; he will save

Jeshua.

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) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration
3) a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course
4) a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah
5) head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon
6) father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
n pr loc
7) a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity

Usage: 1 form in 2 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
יֵשׁ֖וּעַ Jeshua Ezra.2.6 • Neh.7.11

Extended Information

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
‎יֵשׁוּעַ‎ proper name, masculine (Biblical Hebrew id., 3); — Ezra 5:2.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
Ezra 5:2

Profile

Male • Returned leader • Leader of a group that returned from Babylonian exile.

Man living at the time of Exile and Return

Jeshua was the leader of a group of Israelites who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile.

Jeshua is mentioned in Ezra and Nehemiah as the leader of a group of Israelites who returned to Jerusalem from the Babylonian exile. He is listed among the first group of exiles who returned under the decree of King Cyrus of Persia. Jeshua's group, along with others, helped to resettle Jerusalem and the surrounding towns. The return of these exiles was a significant event in the history of Israel, as it marked the beginning of the restoration of Jewish life in the land after decades of captivity in Babylon.

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