Joshua

Meaning

Name

1. The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
2. The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
3. A male given name from Hebrew.
4. A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.

Noun

A Joshua tree.

Synonyms

Josue

Johusa

Jashua

Joshuah

Joshuwa

Joshuaa

Joshaua

Book of Joshua

Johsua

Translations

Josué

Giosuè

Jozua

Josua

Josué

Josué

Josuè

Iosue

Ιησούς του Ναυή

يشوع

يُوشَع

Giosué

livre de Josué

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)uːə/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: Iēsus

Cognate with Ancient Greek: Ἰησοῦς

Cognate with Aramaic: יֵשׁוּע

Cognate with Hebrew: יֵשׁוּעַ

In summary

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 Iēsūs 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).