Yehoshua (Yeshua / Joshua)
Jesus' name in Hebrew: 'YHWH is salvation.' The angel's charge in Matthew 1:21 is a play on this very word — call him Salvation, 'for he shall save his people.'
Pronunciation: yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Hebrew · Strong's H3091 · 199 occurrences in the Old Testament (KJV)
Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
KJV translations: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954 (הוֹשֵׁעַ), H3442 (יֵשׁוּעַ).
Yehoshua (Yeshua / Joshua) in the Bible — example verses
“And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.”Exodus 17:9 (KJV)
“So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.”Exodus 17:10 (KJV)
“And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.”Exodus 17:13 (KJV)
“And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”Exodus 17:14 (KJV)
“And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.”Exodus 24:13 (KJV)
“And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.”Exodus 32:17 (KJV)
“And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.”Exodus 33:11 (KJV)
“And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.”Numbers 11:28 (KJV)
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