Senses
1. Yeshua / Jeshua (proper noun) — A Hebrew proper name meaning 'he saves' or 'salvation', a contracted form of Yehoshua (Joshua). Refers to several individuals in post-exilic literature, most prominently the high priest Jeshua son of Jozadak who returned from Babylonian exile (Ezra 2-3, Neh 7, Hag 1-2, Zech 3, 6). All grammatical variants — nominative, with conjunction (and-Yeshua), with prepositions (for-Yeshua, in-Yeshua) — denote the same proper name. Multilingual renderings are consistent: eng 'Yeshua/Jeshua', spa 'Jesua', hin 'yeshua' (येशूआ), arb 'Yashua' (يَشُوعَ), kor 'Yesua' (예수아/예슈아), swa 'Yeshua/Yoshua'. 29×
AR["وَ-يَشُوعُ","يَشوعَ","يَشوعُ","يَشُوع","يَشُوعَ","يَشُوعُ"]·ben["ও-যেশূয়","যেশূয়","যেশূয়ের"]·DE["Jeschua","[וישוע]"]·EN["Jeshua","Yeshua","and-Jeshua"]·FR["Josué","et-Josué"]·heb["ו-ישוע","ישוע"]·HI["और-येशूआ","यहोशूआ","येशूआ","येशूआ-का","येशूआ-के"]·ID["Yesua","dan-Yesua"]·IT["Giosuè","e-Giosuè"]·jav["Yesua","Yosua","lan-Yésua"]·KO["그리고-예수아와","예수아","예수아-의","예수아와","예수아의","예슈아","예슈아와","예슈아의"]·PT["Yeshua","e-Yeshua"]·RU["Иешуа","Иешуы","Иисуса","Иисусом","Йешуа","Йешуы","и-Йешуа"]·ES["Jesuá","Jesúa","Josué","Yeshua","y-Yeshúa"]·SW["Yeshua","Yoshua","wyeshwּa"]·TR["Yesua","Yesuanin","Yeşua","Yeşua'nın","ve-Yeşua"]·urd["اور-یشوع","یشوع","یشوع-کے","یشُوع"]
1 Chr 24:11, 2 Chr 31:15, Ezra 2:2, Ezra 2:6, Ezra 2:36, Ezra 2:40, Ezra 3:2, Ezra 3:8, Ezra 3:9, Ezra 4:3, Ezra 8:33, Ezra 10:18 (+17 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,…