יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Joshua
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- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
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- Proper
- A name of a specific person, place, or people (e.g. Abraham, Zion, Israel).
Every verse where H3091 appears in the Book of Joshua — 151 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Joshua
- Joshua 1:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ n Proper Now it happened after the death of Moses the servant of Yahweh, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,
- Joshua 1:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,
- Joshua 1:12 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper To the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of Manasseh, spoke Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 1:16 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper They answered Joshua, saying, All that you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.
- Joshua 2:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ n Proper Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, Go, view the land, and Jericho. They went and came into the house of a prostitute whose name was Rahab, and lay there.
- Joshua 2:23 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had happened to them.
- Joshua 2:24 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper They said to Joshua, Truly Yahweh has delivered into our hands all the land; and moreover all the inhabitants of the land do melt away before us.
- Joshua 3:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ n Proper Joshua rose up early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.
- Joshua 3:5 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper Joshua said to the people, Sanctify yourselves; for tomorrow Yahweh will do wonders among you.
- Joshua 3:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
- Joshua 3:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, This day will I begin to magnify you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.
- Joshua 3:9 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come here, and hear the words of Yahweh your God.
- Joshua 3:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Hivite, and the Perizzite, and the Girgashite, and the Amorite, and the Jebusite.
- Joshua 4:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper It happened, when all the nation were clean passed over the Jordan, that Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 4:4 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ n Proper Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
- Joshua 4:5 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper and Joshua said to them, Pass over before the ark of Yahweh your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up every man of you a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel;
- Joshua 4:8 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֒ יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper n Proper The children of Israel did so as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones out of the midst of the Jordan, as Yahweh spoke to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel; and they carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.
- Joshua 4:9 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ n Proper Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood: and they are there to this day.
- Joshua 4:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ n Proper n Proper For the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan, until everything was finished that Yahweh commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses commanded Joshua: and the people hurried and passed over.
- Joshua 4:14 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper On that day Yahweh magnified Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they feared Moses, all the days of his life.
- Joshua 4:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 4:17 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, Come up out of the Jordan.
- Joshua 4:20 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Those twelve stones, which they took out of the Jordan, did Joshua set up in Gilgal.
- Joshua 5:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, Make you flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
- Joshua 5:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Joshua made himself flint knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
- Joshua 5:4 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ n Proper This is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: all the people who came forth out of Egypt, who were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came forth out of Egypt.
- Joshua 5:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ n Proper Their children, whom he raised up in their place, them did Joshua circumcise: for they were uncircumcised, because they had not circumcised them by the way.
- Joshua 5:9 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, This day have I rolled away the reproach of Egypt from off you. Therefore the name of that place was called Gilgal, to this day.
- Joshua 5:13 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ n Proper n Proper It happened, when Joshua was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and, behold, there stood a man over against him with his sword drawn in his hand: and Joshua went to him, and said to him, Are you for us, or for our adversaries?
- Joshua 5:14 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ n Proper He said, No; but [as] prince of the host of Yahweh am I now come. Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said to him, What says my lord to his servant?
- Joshua 5:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper n Proper The prince of Yahweh's host said to Joshua, Put off your shoe from off your foot; for the place whereon you stand is holy. Joshua did so.
- Joshua 6:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, Behold, I have given into your hand Jericho, and the king of it, and the mighty men of valor.
- Joshua 6:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ n Proper Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of Yahweh.
- Joshua 6:8 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ n Proper It was so, that when Joshua had spoken to the people, the seven priests bearing the seven trumpets of rams' horns before Yahweh passed on, and blew the trumpets: and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh followed them.
- Joshua 6:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua commanded the people, saying, You shall not shout, nor let your voice be heard, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall you shout.
- Joshua 6:12 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Joshua rose early in the morning, and the priests took up the ark of Yahweh.
- Joshua 6:16 יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ n Proper It happened at the seventh time, when the priests blew the trumpets, Joshua said to the people, Shout; for Yahweh has given you the city.
- Joshua 6:22 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Joshua said to the two men who had spied out the land, Go into the prostitute's house, and bring out there the woman, and all that she has, as you swore to her.
- Joshua 6:25 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper n Proper But Rahab the prostitute, and her father's household, and all that she had, did Joshua save alive; and she lived in the midst of Israel to this day, because she hid the messengers, whom Joshua sent to spy out Jericho.
- Joshua 6:26 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Joshua charged them with an oath at that time, saying, Cursed be the man before Yahweh, that rises up and builds this city Jericho: with the loss of his firstborn shall he lay the foundation of it, and with the loss of his youngest son shall he set up the gates of it.
- Joshua 6:27 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ n Proper So Yahweh was with Joshua; and his fame was in all the land.
- Joshua 7:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ n Proper Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth Aven, on the east side of Bethel, and spoke to them, saying, Go up and spy out the land. The men went up and spied out Ai.
- Joshua 7:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ n Proper They returned to Joshua, and said to him, Don't let all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and strike Ai; don't make all the people to toil there; for they are but few.
- Joshua 7:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua tore his clothes, and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.
- Joshua 7:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua said, Alas, Lord Yahweh, why have you at all brought this people over the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to cause us to perish? would that we had been content and lived beyond the Jordan!
- Joshua 7:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, Get you up; why are you thus fallen on your face?
- Joshua 7:16 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel near by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
- Joshua 7:19 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua said to Achan, My son, please give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and make confession to him; and tell me now what you have done; don't hide it from me.
- Joshua 7:20 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Achan answered Joshua, and said, Of a truth I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and thus and thus have I done:
- Joshua 7:22 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper So Joshua sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and, behold, it was hid in his tent, and the silver under it.
- Joshua 7:23 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper They took them from the midst of the tent, and brought them to Joshua, and to all the children of Israel; and they laid them down before Yahweh.
- Joshua 7:24 יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ n Proper Joshua, and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, and the silver, and the mantle, and the wedge of gold, and his sons, and his daughters, and his oxen, and his donkeys, and his sheep, and his tent, and all that he had: and they brought them up to the valley of Achor.
- Joshua 7:25 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Joshua said, Why have you troubled us? Yahweh shall trouble you this day. All Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire, and stoned them with stones.
- Joshua 8:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed: take all the people of war with you, and arise, go up to Ai; behold, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, and his people, and his city, and his land;
- Joshua 8:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ n Proper n Proper So Joshua arose, and all the people of war, to go up to Ai: and Joshua chose out thirty thousand men, the mighty men of valor, and sent them forth by night.
- Joshua 8:9 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper n Proper Joshua sent them forth; and they went to set up the ambush, and stayed between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.
- Joshua 8:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Joshua arose up early in the morning, and mustered the people, and went up, he and the elders of Israel, before the people to Ai.
- Joshua 8:13 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper So they set the people, even all the host who was on the north of the city, and their liers-in-wait who were on the west of the city; and Joshua went that night into the midst of the valley.
- Joshua 8:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ n Proper Joshua and all Israel made as if they were beaten before them, and fled by the way of the wilderness.
- Joshua 8:16 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper All the people who were in the city were called together to pursue after them: and they pursued after Joshua, and were drawn away from the city.
- Joshua 8:18 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai; for I will give it into your hand. Joshua stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.
- Joshua 8:21 וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ conj + n Proper When Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and killed the men of Ai.
- Joshua 8:23 יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ n Proper The king of Ai they took alive, and brought him to Joshua.
- Joshua 8:26 וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ conj + n Proper For Joshua didn't draw back his hand, with which he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.
- Joshua 8:27 יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ n Proper Only the cattle and the spoil of that city Israel took for prey to themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which he commanded Joshua.
- Joshua 8:28 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper So Joshua burnt Ai, and made it a heap forever, even a desolation, to this day.
- Joshua 8:29 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper The king of Ai he hanged on a tree until the evening: and at the going down of the sun Joshua commanded, and they took his body down from the tree, and cast it at the entrance of the gate of the city, and raised thereon a great heap of stones, to this day.
- Joshua 8:30 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Then Joshua built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, in Mount Ebal,
- Joshua 8:35 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ n Proper There was not a word of all that Moses commanded, which Joshua didn't read before all the assembly of Israel, and the women, and the little ones, and the foreigners who were among them.
- Joshua 9:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper that they gathered themselves together, to fight with Joshua and with Israel, with one accord.
- Joshua 9:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper But when the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and to Ai,
- Joshua 9:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper They went to Joshua to the camp at Gilgal, and said to him, and to the men of Israel, We are come from a far country: now therefore make you a covenant with us.
- Joshua 9:8 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper n Proper They said to Joshua, We are your servants. Joshua said to them, Who are you? and from whence come you?
- Joshua 9:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live: and the princes of the congregation swore to them.
- Joshua 9:22 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Joshua called for them, and he spoke to them, saying, Why have you deceived us, saying, We are very far from you; when you dwell among us?
- Joshua 9:24 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper They answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told your servants, how that Yahweh your God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.
- Joshua 9:27 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper That day Joshua made those wood cutters and drawers of water for the congregation, and for the altar of Yahweh, to this day, in the place which he should choose.
- Joshua 10:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ n Proper Now it happened, when Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
- Joshua 10:4 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Come up to me, and help me, and let us strike Gibeon; for it has made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
- Joshua 10:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ n Proper The men of Gibeon sent to Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Don't slack your hand from your servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.
- Joshua 10:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper So Joshua went up from Gilgal, he, and all the people of war with him, and all the mighty men of valor.
- Joshua 10:8 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't fear them: for I have delivered them into your hands; there shall not a man of them stand before you.
- Joshua 10:9 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Joshua therefore came on them suddenly; [for] he went up from Gilgal all the night.
- Joshua 10:12 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֙ n Proper Then spoke Joshua to Yahweh in the day when Yahweh delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel; and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand you still on Gibeon; You, Moon, in the valley of Aijalon.
- Joshua 10:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
- Joshua 10:17 לִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ prep + n Proper It was told Joshua, saying, The five kings are found, hidden in the cave at Makkedah.
- Joshua 10:18 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men by it to keep them:
- Joshua 10:20 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper It happened, when Joshua and the children of Israel had made an end of killing them with a very great slaughter, until they were consumed, and the remnant which remained of them had entered into the fortified cities,
- Joshua 10:21 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.
- Joshua 10:22 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Then said Joshua, Open the mouth of the cave, and bring forth those five kings to me out of the cave.
- Joshua 10:24 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֒ יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper n Proper It happened, when they brought forth those kings to Joshua, that Joshua called for all the men of Israel, and said to the chiefs of the men of war who went with him, Come near, put your feet on the necks of these kings. They came near, and put their feet on the necks of them.
- Joshua 10:25 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Joshua said to them, Don't be afraid, nor be dismayed; be strong and of good courage: for thus shall Yahweh do to all your enemies against whom you fight.
- Joshua 10:26 יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ n Proper Afterward Joshua struck them, and put them to death, and hanged them on five trees: and they were hanging on the trees until the evening.
- Joshua 10:27 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper It happened at the time of the going down of the sun, that Joshua commanded, and they took them down off the trees, and cast them into the cave in which they had hidden themselves, and laid great stones on the mouth of the cave, to this very day.
- Joshua 10:28 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua took Makkedah on that day, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and the king of it: he utterly destroyed them and all the souls who were therein; he left none remaining; and he did to the king of Makkedah as he had done to the king of Jericho.
- Joshua 10:29 יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ n Proper Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah:
- Joshua 10:31 יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ n Proper Joshua passed from Libnah, and all Israel with him, to Lachish, and encamped against it, and fought against it:
- Joshua 10:33 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Then Horam king of Gezer came up to help Lachish; and Joshua struck him and his people, until he had left him none remaining.
- Joshua 10:34 יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ n Proper Joshua passed from Lachish, and all Israel with him, to Eglon; and they encamped against it, and fought against it;
- Joshua 10:36 יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ n Proper Joshua went up from Eglon, and all Israel with him, to Hebron; and they fought against it:
- Joshua 10:38 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it:
- Joshua 10:40 יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ n Proper So Joshua struck all the land, the hill-country, and the South, and the lowland, and the slopes, and all their kings: he left none remaining, but he utterly destroyed all that breathed, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded.
- Joshua 10:41 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper Joshua struck them from Kadesh-barnea even to Gaza, and all the country of Goshen, even to Gibeon.
- Joshua 10:42 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper All these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because Yahweh, the God of Israel, fought for Israel.
- Joshua 10:43 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to the camp to Gilgal.
- Joshua 11:6 יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ n Proper Yahweh said to Joshua, Don't be afraid because of them; for tomorrow at this time will I deliver them up all slain before Israel: you shall hamstring their horses, and burn their chariots with fire.
- Joshua 11:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַ n Proper So Joshua came, and all the people of war with him, against them by the waters of Merom suddenly, and fell on them.
- Joshua 11:9 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Joshua did to them as Yahweh bade him: he hamstrung their horses, and burnt their chariots with fire.
- Joshua 11:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and struck the king of it with the sword: for Hazor before was the head of all those kingdoms.
- Joshua 11:12 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper All the cities of those kings, and all the kings of them, did Joshua take, and he struck them with the edge of the sword, and utterly destroyed them; as Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded.
- Joshua 11:13 יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ n Proper But as for the cities that stood on their mounds, Israel burned none of them, save Hazor only; that did Joshua burn.
- Joshua 11:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper n Proper As Yahweh commanded Moses his servant, so did Moses command Joshua: and so did Joshua; he left nothing undone of all that Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Joshua 11:16 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper So Joshua took all that land, the hill-country, and all the South, and all the land of Goshen, and the lowland, and the Arabah, and the hill-country of Israel, and the lowland of the same;
- Joshua 11:18 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper Joshua made war a long time with all those kings.
- Joshua 11:21 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ n Proper n Proper Joshua came at that time, and cut off the Anakim from the hill-country, from Hebron, from Debir, from Anab, and from all the hill-country of Judah, and from all the hill-country of Israel: Joshua utterly destroyed them with their cities.
- Joshua 11:23 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ n Proper n Proper So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that Yahweh spoke to Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. The land had rest from war.
- Joshua 12:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper n Proper These are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the children of Israel struck beyond the Jordan westward, from Baal Gad in the valley of Lebanon even to Mount Halak, that goes up to Seir; and Joshua gave it to the tribes of Israel for a possession according to their divisions;
- Joshua 13:1 וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ conj + n Proper Now Joshua was old and well stricken in years; and Yahweh said to him, You are old and well stricken in years, and there remains yet very much land to be possessed.
- Joshua 14:1 וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ conj + n Proper These are the inheritances which the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed to them,
- Joshua 14:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Then the children of Judah drew near to Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite said to him, You know the thing that Yahweh spoke to Moses the man of God concerning me and concerning you in Kadesh-barnea.
- Joshua 14:13 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ n Proper Joshua blessed him; and he gave Hebron to Caleb the son of Jephunneh for an inheritance.
- Joshua 15:13 לִֽ/יהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ prep + n Proper To Caleb the son of Jephunneh he gave a portion among the children of Judah, according to the commandment of Yahweh to Joshua, even Kiriath Arba, [which Arba was] the father of Anak (the same is Hebron).
- Joshua 17:4 יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ n Proper They came near before Eleazar the priest, and before Joshua the son of Nun, and before the princes, saying, Yahweh commanded Moses to give us an inheritance among our brothers: therefore according to the commandment of Yahweh he gave them an inheritance among the brothers of their father.
- Joshua 17:14 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper The children of Joseph spoke to Joshua, saying, Why have you given me but one lot and one part for an inheritance, seeing I am a great people, because hitherto Yahweh has blessed me?
- Joshua 17:15 יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ n Proper Joshua said to them, If you are a great people, go up to the forest, and cut down for yourself there in the land of the Perizzites and of the Rephaim; since the hill-country of Ephraim is too narrow for you.
- Joshua 17:17 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Joshua spoke to the house of Joseph, even to Ephraim and to Manasseh, saying, You are a great people, and have great power; you shall not have one lot only:
- Joshua 18:3 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Joshua said to the children of Israel, How long are you slack to go in to possess the land, which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you?
- Joshua 18:8 יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַ n Proper The men arose, and went: and Joshua charged those who went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Yahweh in Shiloh.
- Joshua 18:9 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper The men went and passed through the land, and described it by cities into seven portions in a book; and they came to Joshua to the camp at Shiloh.
- Joshua 18:10 יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַ n Proper n Proper Joshua cast lots for them in Shiloh before Yahweh: and there Joshua divided the land to the children of Israel according to their divisions.
- Joshua 19:49 לִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ prep + n Proper So they made an end of distributing the land for inheritance by the borders of it; and the children of Israel gave an inheritance to Joshua the son of Nun in the midst of them:
- Joshua 19:51 וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֪עַ conj + n Proper These are the inheritances, which Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel, distributed for inheritance by lot in Shiloh before Yahweh, at the door of the tent of meeting. So they made an end of dividing the land.
- Joshua 20:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Yahweh spoke to Joshua, saying,
- Joshua 21:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ n Proper Then came near the heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the heads of fathers' [houses] of the tribes of the children of Israel;
- Joshua 22:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper Then Joshua called the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
- Joshua 22:6 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ n Proper So Joshua blessed them, and sent them away; and they went to their tents.
- Joshua 22:7 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper n Proper Now to the one half-tribe of Manasseh Moses had given [inheritance] in Bashan; but to the other half gave Joshua among their brothers beyond the Jordan westward; moreover when Joshua sent them away to their tents, he blessed them,
- Joshua 23:1 וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ conj + n Proper It happened after many days, when Yahweh had given rest to Israel from all their enemies round about, and Joshua was old and well stricken in years;
- Joshua 23:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper that Joshua called for all Israel, for their elders and for their heads, and for their judges and for their officers, and said to them, I am old and well stricken in years:
- Joshua 24:1 יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ n Proper Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges, and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
- Joshua 24:2 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua said to all the people, Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, Your fathers lived of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
- Joshua 24:19 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua said to the people, You can't serve Yahweh; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your disobedience nor your sins.
- Joshua 24:21 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ n Proper The people said to Joshua, No; but we will serve Yahweh.
- Joshua 24:22 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua said to the people, You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen you Yahweh, to serve him. They said, We are witnesses.
- Joshua 24:24 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ n Proper The people said to Joshua, Yahweh our God will we serve, and to his voice will we listen.
- Joshua 24:25 יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַ n Proper So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
- Joshua 24:26 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God; and he took a great stone, and set it up there under the oak that was by the sanctuary of Yahweh.
- Joshua 24:27 יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ n Proper Joshua said to all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness against us; for it has heard all the words of Yahweh which he spoke to us: it shall be therefore a witness against you, lest you deny your God.
- Joshua 24:28 יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ n Proper So Joshua sent the people away, every man to his inheritance.
- Joshua 24:29 יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ n Proper It happened after these things, that Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died, being one hundred ten years old.
- Joshua 24:31 יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ n Proper n Proper Israel served Yahweh all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders who outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Yahweh, that he had worked for Israel.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
“Joshua” is the headline sense of the Hebrew name יהושוע (Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ). It clusters heavily in Joshua, which alone accounts for 76% of its uses. It turns up in 199 verses across 11 books, a common footprint. Its earliest occurrence is Exodus 17:9. The sections below give every occurrence and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H3091 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 199
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 199 distinct verses.
- 11 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 11 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #217
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 217 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 199 occurrences in the concordance →
Most concentrated in
- Joshua 151 verses 76%
- Numbers 11 verses 6%
- Deuteronomy 8 verses 4%
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 199 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 172 verses · 86%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 26 verses · 13%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 1 verse · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
BDB lists this Strong’s number as 2 distinct words (homographs). Each count above pools all of them and is not split by sense — see the Senses section below. A low-frequency rendering may belong to a different one of those words, not the primary meaning.
- King James Version†: Joshua 200×, Came to pass when joshua 3×, Did joshua 3×
- American Standard Version†: Joshua 193×, Came to pass 2×, Did joshua 2×
- Berean Standard Bible†: Joshua 191×, He 3×, Now joshua 3×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text†: Joshua 217×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H3091 across 218† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H3091 across 214† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 15 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H3091 across 209† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 9 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H3091 across 219† tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 2 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
11 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 11 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
יהושוע I
- 1. Moses’ successor, son of Nun, (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς) יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Dt 3:21 Ju 2:7; = יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Ex 17:9, 10, 13, 14; 24:13; 32:17; 33:11 Nu 11:28; 13:16; 14:6, 30, 38; 26:65; 27:18, 22; 32:12, 28; 34:17 Dt 1:38; 3:28; 31:3, 7, 14(×2), 23; 34:9 Jos 1:1 + 167 times Jos; Ju 1:1; 2:6, 7, 8, 21, 23; 1 K 16:34; 1 Ch 7:27; = יֵשׁוּעַ Ne 8:17 (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς); according to P, name changed by Moses from הוֹשֵׁעַ q.v. Nu 13:8, 16 (𝔊 Αὑση) Dt 32:44 (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς). e.g. Deuteronomy 3:21
- 2. יְהוֹשֻׁעַ a Bethshemite 1 S 6:14, 18 (𝔊 Ὡσηε, A Ἰησοῦς, 𝔊L Ἰωσηε). e.g. 1 Samuel 6:14
- 3. h.p. after the restoration, son of Jehozadak יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς) Hg 1:1, 12, 14; 2:2, 4; Zc 3:1, 3, 6, 8, 9; 6:11; = יֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς) Ezr 2:2; 3:2, 8; 4:3; 5:2; 10:18; Ne 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26. e.g. Haggai 1:1
- 4. יְהוֹשֻׁעַ governor of Jerusalem under Josiah 2 K 23:8 (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς, 𝔊L Ἰωσηε). e.g. 2 Kings 23:8
- 5. יֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς) head of one of the classes of priests 1 Ch 24:11, possibly also Ezr 2:36 = Ne 7:39. e.g. 1 Chronicles 24:11
- 6. יֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 Ἰησοῦς, etc.), a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence:
- a. Ezr 2:40; 3:9 = Ne 7:43; 8:7; 9:4, 5; 10:10; 12:8. e.g. Ezra 2:40
- b. 2 Ch 31:15; Ezr 8:33; Ne 12:24. e.g. 2 Chronicles 31:15
- 7. יֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 id.), father of a builder at the wall Ne 3:19, perhaps = e.g. Nehemiah 3:19
- 8. a Judaite family-name (𝔊 id.), Ezr 2:6 = Ne 7:11 (cf. SmListen 12). e.g. Ezra 2:6
- 9. n.pr.loc. in south of Judah Ne 11:26 בְּיֵשׁוּעַ (𝔊 ἐν Ἰησού, 𝔊L ἐν Σουα). e.g. Nehemiah 11:26
יהושוע II , see p. 221.
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
and (later יֵשׁוּעַ, n.pr.m. (& loc., v. 9 infr.) (י׳ is salvation, or י׳ is opulence, cf. אֱלִישָׁע, אֱלִישׁוּעַ, אֲבִישׁוּעַ, & NesSK 1892, 573 f.; in any case it came to be associated with ישׁע, cf. Mat 1:21; on יֵשׁוּעַ v. especially FräVOJ iv, 1890, 332 f. MüllSK 1892, 177 f. who cite analog. for change of וֹ to later—ֵ, & Nesl.c.)—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from יהוה (Yᵉhôvâh) (H3068) — LORD.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Joshua,
- 1. J. bin Nun, the successor of Moses. Ab. I, 1. Ber. 4ᵃ bot. B. Kam. 80ᵇ, sq. עשרה … התנה י׳ וכ׳ J., on conquering the promised land, laid down ten conditions (regulations) &c.; Erub. 17ᵃ; a. v. fr.—Meg. I, 1, a. fr. מומות י׳ בן נון dating from the days of the conquest or before
- 2. the high-priest of the returning Babylonian exiles. Snh. 93ᵃ; a. e.—3) name of several Tannaim; a) J.; a. e.
- 3. name of several Tannaim; a) J. b. Praḥya. Ab. I, 6; a. fr.—b) R. J. b. Ḥǎnania, mostly quoted as R. J. only. Maas. Sh. V, 9. Erub. IV, 1; 2. Ḥag. 5ᵇ; a. v. fr.; and others (v. Fr. Darkhé pp. 97; 134; 178; 189).
- 4. name of several Amoraim, esp. R. J. b. Levi. Ber. 3ᵇ; a. v. fr.—R. J. of Sikhnin. Y. ib. IV, 7ᵇ bot.; a. fr.; and others (v. Fr. M’bo p. 91ᵃ, sq.).—(ספר) י׳ the Book of Joshua. B. Bath. 14ᵇ; a. e.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 33 distinct written forms H3091 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 3:28 | 27 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 1:10 | 26 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 17:9 | 23 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 6:10 | 21 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֛עַ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 17:13 | 18 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 17:14 | 12 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:23 | 12 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:3 | 11 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֤עַ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 1:38 | 9 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ | Noun, Proper | Haggai 2:2 | 7 |
| וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ | Noun, Proper | Haggai 1:12 | 6 |
| יְהוֹשֻֽׁעַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 8:23 | 6 |
| וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ | Noun, Proper | Exodus 24:13 | 5 |
| יְ֠הוֹשֻׁעַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 8:3 | 5 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֧עַ | Noun, Proper | Haggai 1:1 | 4 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 3:1 | 4 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֮ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 4:9 | 4 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁ֡עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 11:7 | 2 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֒ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 4:8 | 2 |
| בִּ/יהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ | Noun, Proper | Zechariah 3:6 | 1 |
| וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֕עַ | Noun, Proper | Zechariah 3:3 | 1 |
| וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 8:21 | 1 |
| וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 8:26 | 1 |
| וִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֪עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 19:51 | 1 |
| וִֽ/יהוֹשֻׁ֔עַ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:14 | 1 |
| וִֽ/יהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 34:9 | 1 |
| יְהוֹשׁ֔וּעַ | Noun, Proper | Judges 2:7 | 1 |
| יְהוֹשׁ֣וּעַ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 3:21 | 1 |
| יְהוֹשֻׁעַ֙ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 10:12 | 1 |
| לִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 10:17 | 1 |
| לִ/יהוֹשֻׁ֥עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 19:49 | 1 |
| לִֽ/יהוֹשֻׁ֑עַ | Noun, Proper | Joshua 15:13 | 1 |
| לִֽ/יהוֹשֻׁ֗עַ | Noun, Proper | Deuteronomy 31:7 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H3091, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- הושמע Hôwshâmâʻ H1953 Hoshama
- יה Yâhh H3050 Jah
- יהוא Yêhûwʼ H3058 Jehu
- יהואחז Yᵉhôwʼâchâz H3059 Jehoahaz
- יהואש Yᵉhôwʼâsh H3060 Jehoash
- יהוה Yᵉhôvih H3069 LORD
- יהוה יראה Yᵉhôvâh yirʼeh H3070 Jehovah-jireh
- יהוה נסי Yᵉhôvâh niççîy H3071 Jehovah-nissi
- יהוה צדקנו Yᵉhôvâh tsidqênûw H3072 a sacred name symbolically applied to
- יהוה שלום Yᵉhôvâh shâlôwm H3073 Jehovah-shalom
- יהוה שמה Yᵉhôvâh shâmmâh H3074 Jehovahshammah
- יהוזבד Yᵉhôwzâbâd H3075 Jehozabad
- יהוחנן Yᵉhôwchânân H3076 Jehohanan
- יהוידע Yᵉhôwyâdâʻ H3077 Jehoiada
- יהויכין Yᵉhôwyâkîyn H3078 Jehoiachin
- יהויקים Yᵉhôwyâqîym H3079 Jehoiakim
- יהויריב Yᵉhôwyârîyb H3080 Jehoiarib
- יהונדב Yᵉhôwnâdâb H3082 Jehonadab
- יהונתן Yᵉhôwnâthân H3083 Jonathan
- יהועדה Yᵉhôwʻaddâh H3085 Jehoadah
- יהועדין Yᵉhôwʻaddîyn H3086 Jehoaddan
- יהוצדק Yᵉhôwtsâdâq H3087 Jehozadak
- יהורם Yᵉhôwrâm H3088 Jehoram
- יהושבע Yᵉhôwshebaʻ H3089 Jehosheba
- Ιησους Iēsoûs G2424 Jesus
- ישוע Yêshûwaʻ H3442 Jeshua
+11 more proper names from this root (not shown).
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 39 — not the complete family. 38 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Bible dictionary
Public-domain dictionary articles matched to this entry by name (Joshua). A biblical name can be shared by more than one person or place, so an article may treat several.
Easton's Bible Dictionary · M. G. Easton, 1897
Jehovah is his help, or Jehovah the Saviour. The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim, the successor of Moses as the leader of Israel. He is called Jehoshua in Num. 13:16 (A.V.), and Jesus in Acts 7:45 and Heb. 4:8 (R.V., Joshua).
He was born in Egypt, and was probably of the age of Caleb, with whom he is generally associated. He shared in all the events of the Exodus, and held the place of commander of the host of the Israelites at their great battle against the Amalekites in Rephidim (Ex. 17:8-16). He became Moses' minister or servant, and accompanied him part of the way when he ascended Mount Sinai to receive the two tables (Ex. 32:17). He was also one of the twelve who were sent on by Moses to explore the land of Canaan (Num. 13:16, 17), and only he and Caleb gave an encouraging report. Under the direction of God, Moses, before his death, invested Joshua in a public and solemn manner with authority over the people as his successor (Deut. 31:23). The people were encamped at Shittim when he assumed the command (Josh. 1:1); and crossing the Jordan, they encamped at Gilgal, where, having circumcised the people, he kept the Passover, and was visited by the Captain of the Lord's host, who spoke to him encouraging words (1:1-9).
Now began the wars of conquest which Joshua carried on for many years, the record of which is in the book which bears his name. Six nations and thirty-one kings were conquered by him (Josh. 11:18-23; 12:24). Having thus subdued the Canaanites, Joshua divided the land among the tribes, Timnath-serah in Mount Ephraim being assigned to himself as his own inheritance. (See SHILOH; PRIEST.)
His work being done, he died, at the age of one hundred and ten years, twenty-five years after having crossed the Jordan. He was buried in his own city of Timnath-serah (Josh. 24); and "the light of Israel for the time faded away."
Joshua has been regarded as a type of Christ (Heb. 4:8) in the following particulars: (1) In the name common to both; (2) Joshua brings the people into the possession of the Promised Land, as Jesus brings his people to the heavenly Canaan; and (3) as Joshua succeeded Moses, so the Gospel succeeds the Law.
The character of Joshua is thus well sketched by Edersheim:, "Born a slave in Egypt, he must have been about forty years old at the time of the Exodus. Attached to the person of Moses, he led Israel in the first decisive battle against Amalek (Ex. 17:9, 13), while Moses in the prayer of faith held up to heaven the God-given rod.' It was no doubt on that occasion that his name was changed from Oshea, help,' to Jehoshua, Jehovah is help' (Num. 13:16). And this name is the key to his life and work. Alike in bringing the people into Canaan, in his wars, and in the distribution of the land among the tribes, from the miraculous crossing of Jordan and taking of Jericho to his last address, he was the embodiment of his new name, Jehovah is help.' To this outward calling his character also corresponded. It is marked by singleness of purpose, directness, and decision...He sets an object before him, and unswervingly follows it" (Bible Hist., iii. 103)
Smith's Bible Dictionary · William Smith, 1863
(saviour, or whose help is Jehovah). His name appears in the various forms of HosheaHOshea, Oshea, Jehoshua, Jeshua and Jesus.
+ The son of Nun, of the tribe of Ephraim. (1 Chronicles 7:27) (B.C. 1530-1420.) He was nearly forty years old when he shared in the hurried triumph of the exodus. He is mentioned first in connection with the fight against Amalek at Rephidim, when he was chosen by Moses to lead the Israelites. (Exodus 17:9) Soon afterward he was one of the twelve chiefs who were sent, (Numbers 13:17) to explore the land of Canaan, and one of the two, ch. (Numbers 14:6) who gave an encouraging report of their journey. Moses, shortly before his death, was directed, (Numbers 27:18) to invest Joshua with authority over the people. God himself gave Joshua a charge by the mouth of the dying lawgiver. (31:14,23) Under the direction of God again renewed, (Joshua 1:1) Joshua assumed the command of the people at Shittim, sent spies into Jericho, crossed the Jordan, fortified a camp at Gilgal, circumcised the people, kept the passover, and was visited by the Captain of the Lord's host. A miracle made the fall of Jericho more terrible to the Canaanites. In the great battle of Beth-horon the Amorites were signally routed, and the south country was open to the Israelites. Joshua returned to the camp at Gilgal, master of half of Palestine. He defeated the Canaanites under Jabin king of Hazor. In six years, six tribes, with thirty-one petty chiefs, were conquered. Joshua, now stricken in years, proceeded to make the division of the conquered land. Timnath-serah in Mount Ephraim was assigned as Joshua's peculiar inheritance. After an interval of rest, Joshua convoked an assembly from all Israel. He delivered two solemn addresses, recorded in (Joshua 23:24) He died at the age of 110 years, and was buried in his own city, Timnath-serah. + An inhabitant of Beth-shemesh, in whose land was the stone at which the milch-kine stopped when they drew the ark of God with the offerings of the Philistines from Ekron to Beth-shemesh. (1 Samuel 6:14,18) (B.C. 1124.) + A governor of the city who gave his name to a gate of Jerusalem. (2 Kings 23:8) (In the reign of Josiah, B.C. 628.) + Jeshua the son of Jozadak. (Haggai 1:14; 2:12; Zechariah 3:1) etc.
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary · Roswell D. Hitchcock, 1869
a savior; a deliverer
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Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 193 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 199 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Exodus 17:9
- Numbers 11:28
- Deuteronomy 1:38
- Joshua 1:1
- Judges 1:1
- 1 Samuel 6:14
- 1 Kings 16:34
- 2 Kings 23:8
- 1 Chronicles 7:27
- Haggai 1:1
- Zechariah 3:1
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
