Words the Bible translates as joshua
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- IēsousἸησοῦςJesus: a personal name, the Greek spelling of the Hebrew name Joshua and heard to mean "the LORD saves"; in the New Testament it is above all the name of the man from Nazareth.
- yehoshu'aיְהוֹשׁוּעַJoshua: a Hebrew man's name heard to mean "the LORD saves," borne above all by Moses' successor, the leader who brought Israel into the promised land.
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