יְהוֹשׁוּעַ, H3091
Yehoshua (Joshua) -- proper name meaning 'YHWH is salvation'; Moses' successor and later the high priest.
Yehoshua is a theophoric name compounding YHWH with yasha ('to save'), yielding 'YHWH is salvation.' Its most prominent bearer is Joshua son of Nun, who succeeded Moses and led Israel across the Jordan into the promised land (Josh 1:1-2). The name also belongs to Joshua the high priest in the post-exilic community (Hag 1:1; Zech 3:1). The later contracted form Yeshua became the Hebrew name behind the Greek Iesous -- Jesus -- making this name a bridge between the Old and New Testaments. Spanish 'Josue,' French 'Josue,' and German 'Josua' all preserve the connection.
Senses
1. Yehoshua / Joshua (proper name) — A Hebrew proper name meaning 'YHWH is salvation,' borne primarily by Joshua son of Nun, Moses' military commander and successor who led Israel's conquest of Canaan (Exod 17:9; Josh 1:1), and secondarily by Joshua the high priest of the restoration era (Hag 1:1; Zech 3:1). The later contracted form Yeshua links directly to the Greek Iesous (Jesus), giving this name profound typological significance across both Testaments. 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)
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
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,…