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יְהוֹשׁוּעַ H3091

Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ

yeh-ho-shoo'-ah

or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; from יְהֹוָה and יָשַׁע; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader; Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare הוֹשֵׁעַ, יֵשׁוּעַ.

Brown–Driver–Briggs

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ, יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, and (later) יֵשׁוּעַ, n.pr.m. (& loc., v. 9 infr.) (י׳ is salvation or י׳ is opulence)
1 Moses’ successor, son of Nun
2 a Bethshemite
3 h.p. after the restoration, son of Jehozadak
4 governor of Jerusalem under Josiah
5 head of one of the classes of priests
6 a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence
7 father of a builder at the wall
8 a Judaite family-name
9 n.pr.loc. in south of Judah

From Brown, Driver, and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), in the public domain.


199 occurrences

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  • Joshua 10:43
    And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.
  • Joshua 11:6
    And the LORD said unto Joshua, Be not afraid because of them: for to morrow about this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: thou shalt hough their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
  • Joshua 11:7
    So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly; and they fell upon them.
  • Joshua 11:9
    And Joshua did unto them as the LORD bade him: he houghed their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
  • Joshua 11:10
    And Joshua at that time turned back, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.
  • Joshua 11:12
    And all the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and smote them with the edge of the sword, and he utterly destroyed them, as Moses the servant of the LORD commanded.
  • Joshua 11:13
    But as for the cities that stood still in their strength, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
  • Joshua 11:15
    As the LORD commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua, and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that the LORD commanded Moses.
  • Joshua 11:16
    So Joshua took all that land, the hills, and all the south country, and all the land of Goshen, and the valley, and the plain, and the mountain of Israel, and the valley of the same;
  • Joshua 11:18
    Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.