Yêshûwaʻ — H3442

Definition

masculine proper noun

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

1. Jeshua = "he is saved"
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. son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration
5. a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course
6. a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah
7. head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon
8. father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
9. n pr loc
10. a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity

Usually translated as

Jeshua

Origin

for H3091; he will save

• Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ (H3091)

Occurrences

Yêshûwaʻ occurs 29 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Ezra (10), Nehemiah (17)

• 1 Chronicles 24:11 — The ninth to Jeshua (לְיֵשׁ֙וּעַ֙), the tenth to Shecaniah,
• 2 Chronicles 31:15 — And next him were Eden, and Miniamin, and Jeshua (וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ), 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:
• Ezra 2:2 — Which came with Zerubbabel: Jeshua (יֵשׁ֡וּעַ), Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:
• Ezra 2:6 — The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֖וּעַ) and Joab, two thousand eight hundred and twelve.
• Ezra 2:36 — The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֔וּעַ), nine hundred seventy and three.
• Ezra 2:40 — The Levites: the children of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֧וּעַ) and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four.
• Ezra 3:2 — Then stood up Jeshua (יֵשׁ֨וּעַ) the son of Jozadak, and his brethren the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brethren, and builded the altar of the God of Israel, to offer burnt offerings thereon, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of God.
• 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 (וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ) 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.
• Ezra 3:9 — Then stood Jeshua (יֵשׁ֡וּעַ) with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.
• Ezra 4:3 — But Zerubbabel, and Jeshua (וְיֵשׁ֗וּעַ), and the rest of the chief of the fathers of Israel, said unto them, Ye have nothing to do with us to build an house unto our God; but we ourselves together will build unto the LORD God of Israel, as king Cyrus the king of Persia hath commanded us.
• Ezra 8:33 — Now on the fourth day was the silver and the gold and the vessels weighed in the house of our God by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest; and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas; and with them was Jozabad the son of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֛וּעַ), and Noadiah the son of Binnui, Levites;
• Ezra 10:18 — And among the sons of the priests there were found that had taken strange wives: namely, of the sons of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֤וּעַ) the son of Jozadak, and his brethren; Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
• Nehemiah 3:19 — And next to him repaired Ezer the son of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֛וּעַ), the ruler of Mizpah, another piece over against the going up to the armoury at the turning of the wall.
• Nehemiah 7:7 — Who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua (יֵשׁ֡וּעַ), Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number, I say, of the men of the people of Israel was this;
• Nehemiah 7:11 — The children of Pahath-moab, of the children of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֖וּעַ) and Joab, two thousand and eight hundred and eighteen.
• Nehemiah 7:39 — The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֔וּעַ), nine hundred seventy and three.
• Nehemiah 7:43 — The Levites: the children of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֧וּעַ), of Kadmiel, and of the children of Hodevah, seventy and four.
• Nehemiah 8:7 — Also Jeshua (וְיֵשׁ֡וּעַ), and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodijah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites, caused the people to understand the law: and the people stood in their place.
• Nehemiah 8:17 — And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths, and sat under the booths: for since the days of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֨וּעַ) the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so. And there was very great gladness.
• Nehemiah 9:4 — Then stood up upon the stairs, of the Levites, Jeshua (יֵשׁ֨וּעַ), and Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God.
• Nehemiah 9:5 — Then the Levites, Jeshua (יֵשׁ֣וּעַ), 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.
• Nehemiah 10:9 — And the Levites: both Jeshua (וְיֵשׁ֙וּעַ֙) the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;
• Nehemiah 11:26 — And at Jeshua (וּבְיֵשׁ֥וּעַ), and at Moladah, and at Beth-phelet,
• Nehemiah 12:1 — Now these are the priests and the Levites that went up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua (וְיֵשׁ֑וּעַ): Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
• Nehemiah 12:7 — Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chief of the priests and of their brethren in the days of Jeshua (יֵשֽׁוּעַ).
• Nehemiah 12:8 — Moreover the Levites: Jeshua (יֵשׁ֧וּעַ), Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, which was over the thanksgiving, he and his brethren.
• Nehemiah 12:10 — And Jeshua (וְיֵשׁ֖וּעַ) begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,
• Nehemiah 12:24 — And the chief of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua (וְיֵשׁ֤וּעַ) the son of Kadmiel, with their brethren over against them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, ward over against ward.
• Nehemiah 12:26 — These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua (יֵשׁ֖וּעַ), the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor, and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.