Lexical Summary Yehoshua: "the LORD is salvation", Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Isr Original Word: יְהוֹשׁוּעַTransliteration: Yehoshua Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-shoo'-ah) Part of Speech: proper name, masculine; proper name, of a location; proper name Short Definition: "the LORD is salvation", Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Isr Meaning: Joshua -- "the LORD is salvation", Moses' successor, also the name of a number of Israelites Strong's Concordance Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua Or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah}; from Yhovah and yasha'; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader -- Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare Howshea', Yeshuwa'. see HEBREW Yhovah see HEBREW yasha' see HEBREW Howshea' see HEBREW Yeshuwa' Brown-Driver-Briggs H3091. Yehoshua יְהוֺשֻׁעַ יְהוֺשׁוּעַ, and (later) יֵשׁוּעַ, proper name, masculine (& location, see 9 below) (׳י is salvation, or ׳י is opulence, compare אֲבִישׁוּעַ אֱלִישׁוּעַ, אֱלִישָׁע, & NesSK 1892, 573 f.; in any case it came to be associated with ישׁע, compare Matthew 1:21; on יֵשׁוּעַ see especially FräVOJ iv. 1890, 332 f. MüllSK 1892, 177 f. who cite analogue for change of ֹו to later ֵ֯, & Nesl.c.) — 1 Moses' successor, son of Nun, (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) יְהוֺשׁוּעַ Deuteronomy 3:21; Judges 2:7; = יְהוֺשֻׁעַ Exodus 17:9-10, 13, 14; 24:13; 32:17; 33:11; Numbers 11:28; 13:16; 14:6, 30, 38; 26:65; 27:18, 22; 32:12, 28; 34:17; Deuteronomy 1:38; 3:28; 31:3, 7, 14 (twice in verse); 31:23; 34:9; Joshua 1:1 167t. Joshua; Judges 1:1; 2:6-7, 8, 21, 23; 1 Kings 16:34; 1 Chronicles 7:27; = יֵשׁוּעַ Nehemiah 8:17 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς); according to P, name changed by Moses from הוֺשֵׁעַ q. v. Numbers 13:8, 16 (ᵐ5 Αὑση) Deuteronomy 32:44 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς). 2 יְהוֺשֻׁעַ a Bethshemite 1 Samuel 6:14, 18 (ᵐ5 'Wshe, A Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5L Ἰωσηε). 3 high priest after the restoration, son of Jehozadak יְהוֺשֻׁעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) Haggai 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2, 4; Zechariah 3:1, 3, 6, 8, 9; 6:11; = יְשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) Ezra 2:2; 3:2, 8; 4:3; 5:2; 10:18; Nehemiah 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26. 4 יְהוֺשֻׁעַ governor of Jerusalem under Josiah 2 Kings 23:8 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5L Ἰωσηε). 5 יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς). head of one of the classes of priests 1 Chronicles 24:11, possibly also Ezra 2:36 = Nehemiah 7:39. 6 יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς etc.), a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence: a. Ezra 2:40; 3:9 = Nehemiah 7:43; 8:7; 9:4-5, 10:10; 12:8. b.2 Chronicles 31:15; Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 12:24. 7 יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 id.), father of a builder at the wall Nehemiah 3:19, perhaps = 8 a Judaite family-name (ᵐ5 id.), Ezra 2:6 = Nehemiah 7:11 (compare SmListen 12). 9. proper name, of a location in south of Judah Nehemiah 11:26 בְּיֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 ἐν Ἰησού, ᵐ5L ἐν Σουα). יֵשׁוּעַ יְהוֺשֻׁעַ, proper name. |
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