Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ — H3091

Definition

masculine proper noun

Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader

1. Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"
2. n pr m
3. 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
4. a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it
5. son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration
6. governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Joshua, Jehoshua, Jehoshuah

Origin

or Yᵉhôwshuʻa; from H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved

• Derived from Yᵉhôvâh (H3068)
• Derived from Yâshaʻ (H3467)

Greek equivalents

• Iēsoûs (G2424)
• Bariēsoûs (G919)

Occurrences

Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ occurs 216 times in 197 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Exodus (7), Numbers (10), Deuteronomy (8), Joshua (151), Judges (6), 1 Samuel (2), 1 Kings (1), 2 Kings (1), Haggai (5), Zechariah (6)

• Exodus 17:9 — And Moses said unto Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙), Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
• Exodus 17:10 — So Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ) did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
• Exodus 17:13 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ) discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
• Exodus 17:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ): for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.
• Exodus 24:13 — And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua (וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ): and Moses went up into the mount of God.
• Exodus 32:17 — And when Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ) heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
• Exodus 33:11 — And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ), the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
• Numbers 11:28 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
• Numbers 14:6 — And Joshua (וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
• Numbers 14:30 — Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua (וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ) the son of Nun.
• Numbers 14:38 — But Joshua (וִיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
• Numbers 26:65 — For the LORD had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua (וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ) the son of Nun.
• Numbers 27:18 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
• Numbers 27:22 — And Moses did as the LORD commanded him: and he took Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ), and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
• Numbers 32:12 — Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua (וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ) the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the LORD.
• Numbers 32:28 — So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
• Numbers 34:17 — These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua (וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ) the son of Nun.
• Deuteronomy 1:38 — But Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ) the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
• Deuteronomy 3:21 — And I commanded Joshua (יְהוֹשׁ֣וּעַ) at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the LORD do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
• Deuteronomy 3:28 — But charge Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ), and encourage him, and strengthen him: for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which thou shalt see.
• Deuteronomy 31:3 — The LORD thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ), he shall go over before thee, as the LORD hath said.
• Deuteronomy 31:7 — And Moses called unto Joshua (לִֽיהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ), and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the LORD hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
• Deuteronomy 31:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ), and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Deuteronomy 31:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua (וִֽיהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ) went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
• Deuteronomy 31:23 — And he gave Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
• Deuteronomy 34:9 — And Joshua (וִֽיהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had laid his hands upon him: and the children of Israel hearkened unto him, and did as the LORD commanded Moses.
• Joshua 1:1 — Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
• Joshua 1:10 — Then Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ) commanded the officers of the people, saying,
• Joshua 1:12 — And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ), saying,
• Joshua 1:16 — And they answered Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ), saying, All that thou commandest us we will do, and whithersoever thou sendest us, we will go.
• Joshua 2:1 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ) the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
• Joshua 2:23 — So the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ) the son of Nun, and told him all things that befell them:
• Joshua 2:24 — And they said unto Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ), Truly the LORD hath delivered into our hands all the land; for even all the inhabitants of the country do faint because of us.
• Joshua 3:1 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ) rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
• Joshua 3:5 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ) said unto the people, Sanctify yourselves: for to morrow the LORD will do wonders among you.
• Joshua 3:6 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙) spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
• Joshua 3:7 — And the LORD said unto Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ), This day will I begin to magnify thee in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with thee.
• Joshua 3:9 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ) said unto the children of Israel, Come hither, and hear the words of the LORD your God.
• Joshua 3:10 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ) said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Hivites, and the Perizzites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Jebusites.
• Joshua 4:1 — And it came to pass, when all the people were clean passed over Jordan, that the LORD spake unto Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ), saying,
• Joshua 4:4 — Then Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ) called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
• Joshua 4:5 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ) said unto them, Pass over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of Jordan, and take ye up every man of you a stone upon his shoulder, according unto the number of the tribes of the children of Israel:
• Joshua 4:8 — And the children of Israel did so as Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֒) commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
• Joshua 4:8 — And the children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of Jordan, as the LORD spake unto Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ), according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them unto the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
• Joshua 4:9 — And Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮) set up twelve stones in the midst of Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests which bare the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there unto this day.
• Joshua 4:10 — For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֙עַ֙) to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hasted and passed over.
• Joshua 4:10 — For the priests which bare the ark stood in the midst of Jordan, until every thing was finished that the LORD commanded Joshua to speak unto the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ): and the people hasted and passed over.
• Joshua 4:14 — On that day the LORD magnified Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ) in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
• Joshua 4:15 — And the LORD spake unto Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ), saying,
• Joshua 4:17 — Joshua (יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ) therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come ye up out of Jordan.