יֵשׁוּעַ
Yêshûwaʻ · yay-shoo'-ah
Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
Lexicon
Derivation: for H3091 (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ); he will save;
Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Jeshua.
Letters
- יYod10
Picture: arm and closed hand
- Concrete
- hand · arm · work
- Extended
- a deed · to make · to work · to throw or worship
- 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 consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › to see and know
The hand that works 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 יֵשׁוּעַ 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
29 occurrences · 29 OT · 0 NT · 18 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of jeshua12 · 41%
- jeshua7 · 24%
- and jeshua6 · 21%
- to jeshua1 · 3%
- also jeshua1 · 3%
- both jeshua1 · 3%
- and at jeshua1 · 3%
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.