יֵשׁוּעַ

Strong’s Definition

Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine

Etymology & Derivation

for H3091 (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ); he will save;

KJV Usage

Jeshua.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.(n pr m) son of nun of the tribe of ephraim and successor to moses as the leader of the children of israel; led the conquest of canaan
• 2.son of jehozadak and high priest after the restoration
• 3.a priest in the time of david who had charge of the 9th course
• 4.a levite in the reign of hezekiah
• 5.head of a levitical house which returned from captivity in babylon
• 6.father of a builder of the wall of jerusalem in the time of nehemiah
• 7.(n pr loc) a town in southern judah reinhabited by the people of judah after the return from captivity

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Yêshûwaʻ; Pronunciation: yay-shoo'-ah