The meaning of “יֵשׁוּעַ”
Understanding Yêshûwaʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
for יְהוֹשׁוּעַ; he will save Jeshua. - § Jeshua = "he is saved" - Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place i...
יֵשׁוּעַ
for יְהוֹשׁוּעַ; he will save Jeshua. - § Jeshua = "he is saved" - Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine n pr m 1) 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 n pr loc 7) a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Chronicles 24:11 | “The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,” Word: יֵשׁוּעַ (Yêshûwaʻ) | |
| 2 Chronicles 31:15 | “And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua, and Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, in their set office, to give to their brethren by courses, as well to the great as to the small:” Word: יֵשׁוּעַ (Yêshûwaʻ) | |
| Ezra 3:8 | “Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work of the house of the Lord.” Word: יֵשׁוּעַ (Yêshûwaʻ) | |
| Nehemiah 9:5 | “Then the Levites, Jeshua, and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, Stand up and bless the Lord your God for ever and ever: and blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.” Word: יֵשׁוּעַ (Yêshûwaʻ) |