--- title: יְהֹושֻׁעַ — Jehoshua · The Tanakh dictionary description: יְהֹושֻׁעַ (3091), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 218 times: Jehoshua. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. loc. n.pr.loc. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3091.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [Tanakh](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/) / [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-2.md)‎ / יְהֹושֻׁעַ‎ # יְהֹושֻׁעַ «יְהֹושֻׁעַ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Jehoshua** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers. **Used:** 218 times · **Key:** 3091 · **BDB:** יְהוֹשׁוּעַ ### Glosses Joshua (205); of.Joshua (11); O.Joshua (2) ### Meaning (OSHB) Jehoshua [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3091/#m1) ### Meaning (BDB 1906) n.pr.m. loc. n.pr.loc. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3091/#m2) **The whole BDB entry:** 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.)— Moses’ successor, son of Nun, (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς) יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Dt 3:21 Ju 2:7; = יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Ex 17:9, 10, 13, 14; 24:13; 32:17; 33:11 Nu 11:28; 13:16; 14:6, 30, 38; 26:65; 27:18, 22; 32:12, 28; 34:17 Dt 1:38; 3:28; 31:3, 7, 14(×2), 23; 34:9 Jos 1:1 + 167 times Jos; Ju 1:1; 2:6, 7, 8, 21, 23; 1 K 16:34; 1 Ch 7:27; = יֵשׁוּעַ Ne 8:17 (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς); according to P, name changed by Moses from הוֹשֵׁעַ q.v. Nu 13:8, 16 (𝔊 Αὑση) Dt 32:44 (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς). יְהוֹשֻׁעַ a Bethshemite 1 S 6:14, 18 (𝔊 Ὡσηε, A Ἰησοῦς, 𝔊L Ἰωσηε). h.p. after the restoration, son of Jehozadak יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς) Hg 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2, 4; Zc 3:1, 3, 6, 8, 9; 6:11; = יֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς) Ezr 2:2; 3:2, 8; 4:3; 5:2; 10:18; Ne 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26. יְהוֹשֻׁעַ governor of Jerusalem under Josiah 2 K 23:8 (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς, 𝔊L Ἰωσηε). יֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς) head of one of the classes of priests 1 Ch 24:11, possibly also Ezr 2:36 = Ne 7:39. יֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς, etc.), a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence: Ezr 2:40; 3:9 = Ne 7:43; 8:7; 9:4, 5; 10:10; 12:8. 2 Ch 31:15; Ezr 8:33; Ne 12:24. יֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 id.), father of a builder at the wall Ne 3:19, perhaps = a Judaite family-name (𝔊 id.), Ezr 2:6 = Ne 7:11 (cf. SmListen 12). n.pr.loc. in south of Judah Ne 11:26 בְּיֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 ἐν Ἰησού, 𝔊L ἐν Σουα). Why these entries: BDB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 49 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (4 candidates); OSHB: same consonants, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (2 candidates) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every English meaning of «יְהֹושֻׁעַ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1497/3091/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames. ### In the verses [1 Chronicles 7:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/1CH.7.27/) נ֥וֹן בְּנ֖וֹ יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ בְּנֽוֹ׃ *Word for word:* Nun son \[was\].his Joshua son \[was\].his *JPS 1917:* Nun his son, Joshua his son. [Joshua 4:15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JOS.4.15/) וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהוָ֔ה אֶל־יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ לֵאמֹֽר׃ *Word for word:* and he.said Yahweh to Joshua (cmp) *JPS 1917:* And the LORD spoke unto Joshua, saying: - ← previous: [יְהוֹשַׁבְעַת](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3090.md) - next →: [יְהוֹשָׁפָט](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/w/3092.md) - ↑ back to [י](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/tanakh/1497-2.md)