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HebrewH3442Proper Noun (Masculine)

יֵשׁוּעַ

ye.shu.a

28Occurrences
H3442Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine

for H3091 (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ); he will save;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Jozadak (H3136) § Jeshua = "he is saved" 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 7) a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

יֵשׁוּעַ appears 28 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
16
Ezra
10
1 Chronicles
1
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 24:11BSB

the ninth to Jeshua,the tenth to Shecaniah,

Ezra 2:36BSB

The priests:The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;

Ezra 4:3BSB

But Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”

Nehemiah 12:8BSB

The Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.

Nehemiah 7:7BSB

accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah.This is the count of the men of Israel:

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