יְהוֹשׁוּעַ

ye.ho.shu.a

Joshua

Strong’s H3091Proper name, a person218 times in the Hebrew Bible

joshua216

o joshua2

In the text

Exodus 17:9יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
So Moses said to Joshua, “Choose some of our men and go out to fight the Amalekites. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with the staff of God in my hand.”
Numbers 11:28יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Joshua son of Nun, the attendant to Moses since youth, spoke up and said, “Moses, my lord, stop them!”
Deuteronomy 1:38יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Joshua son of Nun, who stands before you, will enter it. Encourage him, for he will enable Israel to inherit the land.
Joshua 1:1יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,
Judges 1:1יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
After the death of Joshua, the Israelites inquired of the LORD, “Who will be the first to go up and fight for us against the Canaanites?”
Zechariah 3:1יְהוֹשֻׁעַ
Then the angel showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, with Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him.

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ, יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, and (later) יֵשׁוּעַ, n.pr.m. (& loc., v. 9 infr.) (י׳ is salvation or י׳ is opulence)

1. Moses’ successor, son of Nun

2. a Bethshemite

3. h.p. after the restoration, son of Jehozadak

4. governor of Jerusalem under Josiah

5. head of one of the classes of priests

6. a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence

7. father of a builder at the wall

8. a Judaite family-name

9. n.pr.loc. in south of Judah

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.