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HebrewH3091Proper Noun (Masculine)

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ

ye.ho.shu.a

199Occurrences
H3091Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader

or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3467 (יָשַׁע); Jehovah-saved;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness and Israel before the Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Nun (H5126); also called Hoshea (KJV: Oshea) at ; Jeshua at ; § Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation" 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

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ appears 199 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Joshua
151
Numbers
11
Deuteronomy
8
Exodus
7
Judges
6
Zechariah
6
Haggai
5
1 Samuel
2

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 7:27BSB

Nun his son, and Joshua his son.

Joshua 10:8BSB

The LORD said to Joshua, “Do not be afraid of them, for I have delivered them into your hand. Not one of them shall stand against you.”

Joshua 14:13BSB

Then Joshua blessed Caleb son of Jephunneh and gave him Hebron as his inheritance.

Joshua 3:10BSB

He continued, “This is how you will know that the living God is among you and that He will surely drive out before you the Canaanites, Hittites, Hivites, Perizzites, Girgashites, Amorites, and Jebusites.

Joshua 7:24BSB

Then Joshua, together with all Israel, took Achan son of Zerah, the silver, the cloak, the bar of gold, his sons and daughters, his oxen and donkeys and sheep, his tent, and everything else he owned, and brought them to the Valley of Achor.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.