H3091 יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ — Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
KJV: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954 (הוֹשֵׁעַ), H3442 (יֵשׁוּעַ).
Built from יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh (Jehovah, Jewish national name of God) + יָשַׁע yâshaʻ (to be open, wide or free) — means “Jehovah-saved”
Occurs 218 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- יְהוֹשׁוּעַ, יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, and (later) יֵשׁוּעַ, n.pr.m. (& loc., v. 9 infr.) (י׳ is salvation or י׳ is opulence)
- 1 Moses’ successor, son of Nun
- 2 a Bethshemite
- 3 h.p. after the restoration, son of Jehozadak
- 4 governor of Jerusalem under Josiah
- 5 head of one of the classes of priests
- 6 a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence
- 7 father of a builder at the wall
- 8 a Judaite family-name
- 9 n.pr.loc. in south of Judah
Where it occurs
- Exodus 17:9 — Moses said to Joshua, “Choose men for us, and go out to fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill…
- Exodus 17:10 — So Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought with Amalek; and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
- Exodus 17:13 — Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
- Exodus 17:14 — The LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: that I will…
- Exodus 24:13 — Moses rose up with Joshua, his servant, and Moses went up onto God’s Mountain.
- Exodus 32:17 — When Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is the noise of war in the camp.”
- Exodus 33:11 — The LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. He turned again into the camp, but his servant…
- Numbers 11:28 — Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his chosen men, answered, “My lord Moses, forbid them!”
- Numbers 13:16 — These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
- Numbers 14:6 — Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were of those who spied out the land, tore their clothes.