Joshua

English Book of Joshua Alternative forms book of the Bible Judge of Israel en Josue obsolete Etymology From en hbo יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yehoshúa', perhaps from he הוֹשֵׁעַ Hoshéa' with addition of he יהוה YHWH Yahweh, thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See he הוֹשִׁיעַ hoshía' to save. By cognate a direct equivalent to en Jesus via la Iēsūs and grc Ἰησοῦς from arc יֵשׁוּע Yēšū́ʿ, akin to he 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 en Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus). Pronunciation en /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/ en /ˈd͡ʒɑʃ(j)u.ə/ US en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Joshua.wav Southern England Proper noun en Q47680The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh. en Josh. abbreviation en Q7734en biblical character The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure. 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. en male Hebrew. en 1835 The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir by H.W.Beechey London T. Cadell Strand 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, en Amanda Musa, Priscilla Alvarez, Leigh Waldman A detainee is dead after officials say a shooter fired ‘indiscriminately’ at a Texas ICE facility. Here’s what we know w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/25/us/wwk-dallas-ice-facility-shooting 2025-09-25 The shooter believed to be responsible for the incident was identified as Joshua Jahn, according to three sources familiar with the case. en transferred from the given name en Anthony Joshua name of a British boxer en Dakota Joshua name of an American hockey player en city co/Johnson County s/Texas c/USA, named after the biblical Joshua. Related terms en Jesus en Jeshua en Jason Translations book of the Bible Afrikaans: af Josua Albanian: sq Jozúeu m Arabic: ar يَشُوع m Aramaic: arc ܣܦܪܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܒܪܢܘܢ m Armenian: hy Հեսու Asturian: ast Xosué Basque: eu Josue Breton: br Yehoshoua m Burmese: my ယောရှုမှတ်စာ Catalan: ca Josuè Cebuano: ceb Josue Chinese: Cantonese: yue 約書亞記 joek3 syu1 aa3 gei3, yue 若蘇厄書 joek6 sou1 ak1 syu1 Catholic Eastern Min: cdo 約書亞記 Iók-cṳ̆-ā-gé Hakka: hak 約書亞記 Yok-sû-â-ki Hokkien: nan-hbl 約書亞記 Iok-su-a-kì, nan-hbl 若蘇厄書 Jio̍k-so͘-ek-su, Lio̍k-so͘-ek-su Catholic Mandarin: cmn 約書亞記 Yuēshūyàjì, cmn 若蘇厄書 Ruòsū'èshū Catholic Corsican: co Ghjosuè Czech: cs Kniha Jozue Danish: da Josva Dutch: nl Jozua Esperanto: eo Josuo, eo Joŝuo Estonian: et Joosua raamat Ewe: ee Yosua Faroese: fo Jósva m Fijian: fj Josua Finnish: fi Joosua French: fr Josué Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jozua Georgian: ka იესო, ka იესო ნავეს German: de Josua Greek: el Ιησούς του Ναυή m Ancient Greek: grc Ἰησοῦς m Greenlandic: kl Josva Hawaiian: haw Iosua Hebrew: he יְהוֹשֻׁעַ m yehoshúa Hindi: hi यहोशू m Hungarian: hu Józsué Icelandic: is Jósúa m Ido: io Iosue Indonesian: id Josua Irish: ga Leabhar Iósua m, ga Iósua m Italian: it Giosuè Japanese: ja ヨシュア記 Yoshua ki Kazakh: kk Ешуа Korean: ko ^여호수아 Latin: la Iosūe m Latvian: lv Jozuas grāmata Lavukaleve: lvk Joshua Limburgish: li Jozua Lithuanian: lt Jozuė, lt Jozuės knyga f Macedonian: mk Исус Навин Malay: ms Yosua Malayalam: ml യോശുവ Maltese: mt Ktieb Ġożwè Manx: gv Joshua Māori: mi Hōhua Mirandese: mwl Josué Neapolitan: nap Gesuele Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Josva m Persian: fa یوشع yuša' Polish: pl Księga Jozuego f Portuguese: pt Josué Punjabi: pa یُوشَع Romanian: ro Iosua m Russian: ru Иису́с На́вин m Scots: sco Joshua Scottish Gaelic: gd Iosua m Slovak: sk Jozue m Slovene: sl Jozue m Spanish: es Josué Swahili: sw Yoshua Swedish: sv Josua c Tagalog: tl Josue m Tamil: ta யோசுவா Tumbuka: tum Yoshuwa Urdu: ur یوشع yūśaʻ, ur کِتابِ یُوشَع kitāb-e yūśaʻ Waray-Waray: war Josue Welsh: cy Josua m Zealandic: zea Jozua male given name Afrikaans: af Josua Aghwan: xag 𐔺𐔴𐕐𐕒 Albanian: sq Jozúeu m, sq Josúeu m Arabic: ar يُوشَع m used by Muslims, ar يَشُوع m used by Christians Armenian: hy Հեսու Asturian: ast Xosué Azerbaijani: az Yoşua Basque: eu Josue Breton: br Yehoshoua m Catalan: ca Josuè Cebuano: ceb Joshua Chinese: Cantonese: yue 約書亞 joek3 syu1 aa3, yue 若蘇厄 joek6 sou1 ak1 Catholic Eastern Min: cdo 約書亞 Iók-cṳ̆-ā Hokkien: nan-hbl 約書亞 Iok-su-a, nan-hbl 若蘇厄 Jio̍k-so͘-ek, Lio̍k-so͘-ek Catholic Mandarin: cmn 喬舒亞, cmn 約書亞 Yuēshūyà, cmn 若蘇厄 Ruòsū'è Catholic, Corsican: co Ghjosuè Czech: cs Jozue Danish: da Josva c Dutch: nl Jozua m Estonian: et Joosua Ewe: ee Yosua Faroese: fo Josva m Fijian: fj Josua Finnish: fi Joosua French: fr Josué m Frisian: West Frisian: fy Jozua Galician: gl Xosué m Georgian: ka იესო German: de Josua m Greek: el m, el Ιησούς του ναυή m Ancient Greek: grc Ἰησούς m Greenlandic: kl Josva Hawaiian: haw Iokua Hebrew: he יְהוֹשֻׁעַ m yehoshúa Hindi: hi यहोशू m Hungarian: hu Józsua, hu Józsué Icelandic: is Jósúa m Ido: io Iosue Inuktitut: iu ᔫᔅᕙ Irish: ga Iósua m Italian: it Giosuè m Japanese: ja ヨシュア Yoshua Kazakh: kk Ешуа Korean: ko ^여호수아 Latin: la Iosūe m Latvian: lv Jozua m, lv Džošua m Lavukaleve: lvk Joshua Limburgish: li Jozua Lithuanian: lt Jozuė m Malay: ms Yosua Maltese: mt Ġożwè Manx: gv Joshua Māori: mi Hōhua Mirandese: mwl Josué Neapolitan: nap Gesuele Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Josva m Persian: fa یوشع yuša' Polish: pl Jozue m Portuguese: pt Josué Romanian: ro Iosua m Russian: ru Иису́с m, ru Джо́шуа m, ru Иису́с На́вин m Scots: sco Joshua Scottish Gaelic: gd Iosua m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Исус Навин m, sh Јо̏шуа m Latin: sh Isus Navin m, sh Jȍšua m Slovak: sk Jozue m Slovene: sl Jozue m Spanish: es Josué Swahili: sw Yoshua Swedish: sv Josua c Tagalog: tl Josue Tamil: ta யோசுவா Turkish: tr Yuşa Urdu: ur یشوع m yaśū' Waray-Waray: war Josue Welsh: cy Josua m Zealandic: zea Jozua Noun A Joshua tree. en 2011 United States Federal Writers Project, WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration 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. en eponyms Cebuano Etymology ceb :bor en:Joshua<ety:uder<he:יְהוֹשֻׁעַ<tr:yəhôšūaʿ>>> 2 1 Pronunciation dyoshua ceb Josh ua Proper noun dyoshua ceb male English < Hebrew Japanese Romanization ジョシュア Spanish Etymology es :ubor en:Joshua + 1 Josué Pronunciation Yoshua + Proper noun m es male English Tagalog Etymology tl :bor en:Joshua<ety:uder<he:יְהוֹשֻׁעַ<tr:yəhôšūaʿ>>> 2 1 Pronunciation Proper noun Joshwa tl male English < Hebrew Related terms tl Josue