Lexicon :: Strong's H3091 - yᵊhôšûaʿ

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ

Transliteration

yᵊhôšûaʿ

Pronunciation

yeh-ho-shoo'-ah

Part of Speech

proper masculine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From יְהֹוָה (H3068) and יָשַׁע (H3467)

Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: יהושוע (Strongs and Gesenius) יהושע (Strongs and Gesenius)

Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ, yeh-ho-shoo'-ah; or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yᵉhôwshuʻa; from H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader:—Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954, H3442.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 218x

The KJV translates Strong's H3091 in the following manner: Joshua (218x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 218x

The KJV translates Strong's H3091 in the following manner: Joshua (218x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H3091: Abbreviations

יְהוֺשׁוּעַ, יְהוֺשֻׁעַ and (later) [H3442 יֵשׁוּעַ], proper name, masculine (& location, see 9 below) (י׳ is salvation, or י׳ is opulence, compare אֱלִישָׁע, אֱלִישׁוּעַ, אֲבִישׁוּעַ & Nes^{SK 1892, 573 f.}; in any case it came to be associated with ישׁע, compare Matthew 1:21; on יֵשׁוּעַ see especially Frä^{VOJ iv. 1890, 332 f.} Müll^{SK 1892, 177 f.} who cite analogue for change of וֹ to later ֵ֯, & Nes^l.c.) —

1. Moses' successor, son of Nun, ( Ἰησοῦς) יְהוֺשׁוּעַ Deuteronomy 3:21; Judges 2:7; = יְהוֺשֻׁעַ Exodus 17:9, 10, 13, 14; Exodus 24:13; Exodus 32:17; Exodus 33:11; Numbers 11:28; Numbers 13:16; Numbers 14:6, 30, 38; Numbers 26:65; Numbers 27:18, 22; Numbers 32:12, 28; Numbers 34:17; Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:28; Deuteronomy 31:3, 7, 14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 31:23; Deuteronomy 34:9; Joshua 1:1 167 times Joshua; Judges 1:1; Judges 2:6, 7, 8, 21, 23; 1 Kings 16:34; 1 Chronicles 7:27; = יֵשׁוּעַ Nehemiah 8:17 ( Ἰησοῦς); according to P, name changed by Moses from הוֺשֵׁעַ q. v. Numbers 13:8, 16 ( Αὑση) Deuteronomy 32:44 ( Ἰησοῦς).

2. יְהוֺשֻׁעַ a Bethshemite 1 Samuel 6:14, 18 ( 'Wshe, A Ἰησοῦς, Ἰωσηε).

3. high priest after the restoration, son of Jehozadak יְהוֺשֻׁעַ ( Ἰησοῦς) Haggai 1:1, 12, 14; Haggai 2:2, 4; Zechariah 3:1, 3, 6, 8, 9; Zechariah 6:11... see H3442

4. יְהוֺשֻׁעַ governor of Jerusalem under Josiah 2 Kings 23:8 ( Ἰησοῦς, Ἰωσηε).

To see bottom section of 3. and 5.- 9. of this BDB entry H3442.

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