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Jozua.

Joshua (book of the Hebrew Bible)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈjoː.zy.aː/
  1. Joshua (book of the Hebrew Bible)

    masculine
  2. Joshua (Biblical character)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From older Josue, from Middle Dutch josue, from Latin Iosue, from Ancient Greek Ιωσούας (Iōsoúas), from Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ. The form with a appears in the sixteenth century, probably influenced by the Greek and Hebrew forms.

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