יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ · yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
Lexicon
Derivation: or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3467 (יָשַׁע); Jehovah-saved;
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954 (הוֹשֵׁעַ), H3442 (יֵשׁוּעַ).
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the hand that works › to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to see and know
The hand that works that works to reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of יְהוֹשׁוּעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
218 occurrences · 218 OT · 0 NT · 36 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and joshua71 · 34%
- joshua39 · 19%
- unto joshua26 · 13%
- so joshua12 · 6%
- of joshua10 · 5%
- to joshua6 · 3%
- then joshua5 · 2%
- which joshua5 · 2%
- and when joshua4 · 2%
- but joshua4 · 2%
- that joshua4 · 2%
- and it came to pass, when joshua3 · 1%
- jehoshua2 · 1%
- did joshua2 · 1%
- with joshua2 · 1%
- now joshua2 · 1%
- and to joshua2 · 1%
- thee joshua1 · 0%
- them: and joshua1 · 0%
- and he gave joshua1 · 0%
- so as joshua1 · 0%
- why joshua1 · 0%
- in their stead, them joshua1 · 0%
- was with joshua1 · 0%
- them unto joshua1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.