Joshua

Joshua

English

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Alternative forms

• (book of the Bible, Judge of Israel): Josue (obsolete)

Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ‎ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה‎ (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ‎ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsus and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע‎ (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ‎ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)uːə/

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Proper noun

Joshua

1. The sixth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Josh.

2. The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Joshua 11:23:

     So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

3. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1835 The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir by H.W.Beechey, London: T. Cadell, Strand, page 33:

     "His father had a notion," observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, "that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua, which, though not very uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others." But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name,

Related terms

• Jesus
• Jeshua
• Jason

Translations

book of the Bible

Afrikaans: Josua (af) Arabic: يُوشَع‎ (ar) m (yūšaʿ) Aramaic: ܣܦܪܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܒܪܢܘܢ‎ m Armenian: Հեսու (Hesu) Basque: Josue (eu) Breton: Yehoshoua (br) m Burmese: ယောရှုမှတ်စာ (yau:hru.hmatca) Catalan: Josuè Cebuano: Josue Chinese: Cantonese: 約書亞記, 约书亚记 (joek3 syu1 aa3 gei3), 若蘇厄書, 若苏厄书 (joek6 sou1 ak1 syu1) (Catholic) Hakka: 約書亞記, 约书亚记 (Yok-sû-â-ki) Mandarin: 約書亞記／约书亚记 (zh) (Yuēshūyàjì), 若蘇厄書／若苏厄书 (Ruòsū'èshū) (Catholic) Min Dong: 約書亞記, 约书亚记 (Iók-cṳ̆-ā-gé) Min Nan: 約書亞記, 约书亚记 (Iok-su-a-kì), 若蘇厄書, 若苏厄书 (Jio̍k-so͘-ek-su, Lio̍k-so͘-ek-su) (Catholic) Corsican: Ghjosuè (co) Czech: Kniha Jozue Danish: Josva (da) Dutch: Jozua (nl) Estonian: Joosua raamat (et) Ewe: Yosua Faroese: Jósva (fo) m Finnish: Joosua (fi) French: Josué (fr) Georgian: იესო (ieso), იესო ნავეს (ieso naves) German: Josua (de) Greek: Ιησούς του Ναυή (el) m (Iisoús tou Naví) Ancient Greek: Ἰησοῦς m (Iēsoûs) Greenlandic: Josva (kl) Hawaiian: Iosua Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ (he) m (yehoshúa) Hindi: यहोशू m (yahośū) Hungarian: Józsué (hu) Icelandic: Jósúa (is) m Ido: Iosue (io) Irish: Leabhar Iósua m, Iósua (ga) m Italian: Giosuè (it) Japanese: ヨシュア記 (Yoshua ki) Kazakh: Ешуа (Eşua) Korean: 여호수아 (Yeohosua) Latin: Iosue (la) m Latvian: Jozuas grāmata Lavukaleve: Joshua Limburgish: Jozua Lithuanian: Jozuė, Jozuės knyga (lt) f Macedonian: Исус Навин (Isus Navin) Malayalam: യോശുവ (yōśuva) Maltese: Ktieb Ġożwè (mt) Manx: Joshua (gv) Maori: Hōhua (mi) Mirandese: Josué Norwegian: Bokmål: Josva (no) m Persian: یوشع‎ (fa) (yuša') Polish: Księga Jozuego f Portuguese: Josué (pt) Punjabi: یُوشَع‎ (yūśaʻ) Romanian: Iosua (ro) m Russian: Иису́с На́вин m (Iisús Návin) Scots: Joshua Scottish Gaelic: Iosua (gd) m Slovak: Jozue m Slovene: Jozue (sl) m Spanish: Josué (es) Swahili: Yoshua (sw) Swedish: Josua (sv) c Tagalog: Josue (tl) m Tamil: யோசுவா (yōcuvā) Urdu: یوشع‎ (yūśaʻ), کِتابِ یُوشَع‎ (kitāb-e yūśaʻ) Waray-Waray: Josue Welsh: Josua (cy) m West Frisian: Jozua Zealandic: Jozua

male given name

Afrikaans: Josua (af) Aghwan: 𐔺𐔴𐕐𐕒 (yešo) Arabic: يُوشَع‎ (ar) m (yūšaʿ), يشوع‎ m Armenian: Հեսու (Hesu) Azerbaijani: Yoşua Basque: Josue (eu) Breton: Yehoshoua (br) m Catalan: Josuè Cebuano: Joshua Chinese: Cantonese: 約書亞, 约书亚 (joek3 syu1 aa3), 若蘇厄, 若苏厄 (joek6 sou1 ak1) (Catholic) Mandarin: 約書亞／约书亚 (zh) (Yuēshūyà), 若蘇厄／若苏厄 (Ruòsū'è) (Catholic) Min Dong: 約書亞, 约书亚 (Iók-cṳ̆-ā) Min Nan: 約書亞, 约书亚 (Iok-su-a), 若蘇厄, 若苏厄 (Jio̍k-so͘-ek, Lio̍k-so͘-ek) (Catholic) Corsican: Ghjosuè (co) Czech: Jozue (cs) Danish: Josva (da) c Dutch: Jozua (nl) m Estonian: Joosua Ewe: Yosua Faroese: Josva m Finnish: Joosua (fi) French: Josué (fr) m Galician: Xosué m Georgian: იესო (ieso) German: Josua (de) m Greek: Ιωσούας (el) m (Iosoúas), Ιησούς του ναυή m (Iisoús tou naví) Ancient: Ἰησούς m (Iēsoús) Greenlandic: Josva (kl) Hawaiian: Iokua Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ (he) m (yehoshúa) Hindi: यहोशू m (yahośū) Hungarian: Józsua (hu), Józsué (hu) Icelandic: Jósúa (is) m Ido: Iosue (io) Inuktitut: ᔫᔅᕙ (yoosfa) Irish: Iósua (ga) m Italian: Giosuè (it) m Japanese: ヨシュア (Yoshua) Kazakh: Ешуа (Eşua) Korean: 여호수아 (Yeohosua) Latin: Iosue (la) m Latvian: Jozua (lv) m, Džošua m Lavukaleve: Joshua Limburgish: Jozua Lithuanian: Jozuė m Malay: Joshua Maltese: Ġożwè Manx: Joshua (gv) Maori: Hōhua (mi) Mirandese: Josué Norwegian: Bokmål: Josva (no) m Persian: یوشع‎ (fa) (yuša') Polish: Jozue (pl) m Portuguese: Josué (pt) Romanian: Iosua (ro) m Russian: Иису́с (ru) m (Iisús), Джо́шуа (ru) m (Džóšua), Иису́с На́вин m (Iisús Návin) Scots: Joshua Scottish Gaelic: Iosua (gd) m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Исус Навин m, Јо̏шуа m Roman: Isus Navin m, Jȍšua (sh) m Slovak: Jozue m Slovene: Jozue (sl) m Spanish: Josué (es) Swahili: Yoshua (sw) Swedish: Josua (sv) c Tagalog: Josue (tl) Tamil: யோசுவா (yōcuvā) Turkish: Yuşa Urdu: یشوع‎ m (yaśū') Waray-Waray: Josue Welsh: Josua (cy) m West Frisian: Jozua Zealandic: Jozua

Noun

Joshua (plural Joshuas)

1. A Joshua tree.
   • 2011, United States Federal Writers Project, WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in Southern California, Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels

     Isolated Joshua trees appear at 75.1 m. among the mesquite and sage, increasing rapidly in number until they form a forest on both sides. […] The age of the Joshuas is popularly compared to that of the Sequoias.

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English Joshua, from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ‎ (yəhôšūaʿ).

Proper noun

Joshua

1. a male given name from Hebrew