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יֵשׁוּעַ

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Jeshua

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2; son of: Jehozadak (H3087); father of: Joiakim (H3113); also called Jeshua at Ezr.2.2; 3.2,8; 4.3; 5.2; 1x12.1,7,10,26; Another name of ye.ho.shu.a (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ "Joshua" H3091J) § Jeshua = "he is saved" 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) son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration 3) a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course 4) a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah 5) head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon 6) father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 7) a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

יְהוֺשׁוּעַ, יְהוֺשֻׁעַ and (later) 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 Matt 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, (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) יְהוֺשׁוּעַ Deut 3:21; Judg 2:7 = יְהוֺשֻׁעַ Exod 17:9; Exod 17:10; Exod 17:13; Exod 17:14; Exod 24:13; Exod 32:17; Exod 33:11; Num 11:28; Num 13:16; Num 14:6; Num 14:30; Num 14:38; Num 26:65; Num 27:18; Num 27:22; Num 32:12; Num 32:28; Num 34:17; Deut 1:38; Deut 3:28; Deut 31:3; Deut 31:7; Deut 31:14 (twice in verse); Deut 31:23; Deut 34:9; Josh 1:1 + 167 t. Joshua; Judg 1:1; Judg 2:6; Judg 2:7; Judg 2:8; Judg 2:21; Judg 2:23; 1Kgs 16:34; 1Chr 7:27 = יֵשׁוּעַ Neh 8:17 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς); according to P, name changed by Moses from הוֺשֵׁעַ q. v. Num 13:8; Num 13:16 (ᵐ5 Αὑση) Deut 32:44 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς).

2. יְהוֺשֻׁעַ a Bethshemite 1Sam 6:14; 1Sam 6:18 (ᵐ5 'Wshe, A Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5^L Ἰωσηε).

3. high priest after the restoration, son of Jehozadak יְהוֺשֻׁעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) Hag 1:1; Hag 1:12; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2; Hag 2:4; Zech 3:1; Zech 3:3; Zech 3:6; Zech 3:8; Zech 3:9; Zech 6:11 = יְשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς) Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2; Ezra 3:8; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 5:2; Ezra 10:18; Neh 7:7; Neh 12:1; Neh 12:7; Neh 12:10; Neh 12:26.

4. יְהוֺשֻׁעַ governor of Jerusalem under Josiah 2Kgs 23:8 (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς, ᵐ5^L Ἰωσηε).

5. יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς). head of one of the classes of priests 1Chr 24:11, possibly also Ezra 2:36 = Neh 7:39.

6. יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 Ἰησοῦς etc.), a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence:

a. Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9 = Neh 7:43; Neh 8:7; Neh 9:4; Neh 9:5; Neh 10:10; Neh 12:8.
b. 2Chr 31:15; Ezra 8:33; Neh 12:24.

7. יֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 id.), father of a builder at the wall Neh 3:19, perhaps =

8. a Judaite family-name (ᵐ5 id.), Ezra 2:6 = Neh 7:11 (compare Sm^{Listen 12}).

9. proper name, of a location in south of Judah Neh 11:26 בְּיֵשׁוּעַ (ᵐ5 ἐν Ἰησού, ᵐ5^L ἐν Σουα).

יְהוֺשֻׁעַ, יֵשׁוּעַ proper name.

יֵשׁוּעַ proper name, masculine (Biblical Hebrew id., 3); — Ezra 5:2.

8 occurrences

Ezra (4), Nehemiah (4)