Lexical Definition

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

Jeshua.

• § Jeshua = "he is saved"
• Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine

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

Extended Information

Hebrew of: יְהוֹשׁוּעַ

• A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2
• son of: Jehozadak (יְהוֹצָדָק)
• father of: Joiakim (יוֹיָקִים); also called Jeshua at Ezr.2.2 3.2, 8 4.3 5.2
• Another name of ye.ho.shu.a (‎י‎ְ‎הו‎ֹ‎ש‎ׁ‎ו‎ּ‎ע‎ַ "Joshua" יְהוֹשׁוּעַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

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

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