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Joshua.

The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.

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Meaning & usage

name/ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə//ˈd͡ʒɑʃ(j)u.ə/US

  1. The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.

  2. The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.

  3. A male given name from Hebrew.

  4. A surname, transferred from the given name

    Anthony Joshua
    Dakota Joshua

  5. A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.

Where this word comes from

From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus).

noun/ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə//ˈd͡ʒɑʃ(j)u.ə/US

  1. A Joshua tree.

Where this word comes from

From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus).

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