Senses
1. Yehoshua / Joshua (proper name) — A Hebrew proper name meaning 'YHWH is salvation,' primarily referring to Joshua son of Nun (Moses' successor who led Israel into Canaan) and also to Joshua the high priest (Haggai, Zechariah). With 218 occurrences, all three clusters represent the same name in different grammatical frames: nominative, with conjunctions, and with prepositions (eng 'Yehoshua/Joshua,' spa 'Josué/Yehoshúa,' arb 'يَشوعُ/يَهُوشُعَ,' kor '여호수아,' swa 'Yoshua,' hin 'यहोशू/यहोशूआ'). The variation is purely syntactic, not semantic. 218×
AR["يَشوعَ","يَشوعُ","يَشُوعَ","يَشُوعُ","يَهُوشَعَ","يَهُوشُعَ","يَهُوشُعُ","يَهُوشُوعَ","يَهُوشُوعُ"]·ben["যিহোশুয়","যিহোশুয়কে","যিহোশূয়","যিহোশূয়।","যিহোশূয়কে","যিহোশূয়ের"]·DE["Josua"]·EN["Joshua"]·FR["Josué"]·heb["יהושע"]·HI["आज्ञा-दी","यहोशुआ","यहोशुआ-के","यहोशुआ-ने","यहोशू","यहोशू-ने","यहोशूआ"]·ID["Yosua"]·IT["Giosue","Giosuè"]·jav["Yosua","Yusak"]·KO["여호수아","여호수아-가","여호수아-를","여호수아-에게","여호수아가","여호수아를","여호수아에게","여호수아의"]·PT["Josué","Yehoshu'a","Yehoshu'a,","Yehoshu'a:","Yehoshua'","¶ Josué"]·RU["Иисус","Иисуса","Иисусу","Йегошуа","Йехошуа","Йехошуе","Йехошуу"]·ES["Josué","Yehoshua"]·SW["Yordani","Yoshua"]·TR["Yehoşua","Yeşu","Yeşu'nun","Yeşu'ya","Yeşu'yu","Yeşua","Yeşua'yı"]·urd["یشوع","یشوع-نے","یہوشع","یہوشع-نے","یہوشع-کو"]
Exod 17:9, Exod 17:10, Exod 17:13, Exod 17:14, Exod 32:17, Exod 33:11, Num 11:28, Num 13:16, Num 27:18, Num 27:22, Num 32:28, Deut 1:38 (+38 more)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ, יְהוֹשֻׁעַ and (later יֵשׁוּעַ, n.pr.m. (& loc., v. 9 infr.) (י׳ is salvation, or י׳ is opulence, cf. אֱלִישָׁע, אֱלִישׁוּעַ, אֲבִישׁוּעַ, & NesSK 1892, 573 f.; in any case it came to be associated with ישׁע, cf. Mat 1:21; on יֵשׁוּעַ v. especially FräVOJ iv, 1890, 332 f. MüllSK 1892, 177 f. who cite analog. for change of וֹ to later—ֵ, & Nesl.c.)— 1. Moses’ successor, son of Nun,…