Strong's H3091 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ)

Pronunciation: yeh-ho-shoo'-ah

Morphology: n-pr-m

Part of Speech: n pr m

Name Meaning: Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"

Derivation: or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yᵉhôwshuʻa); from יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) [H3068] and יָשַׁע (yâshaʻ) [H3467]; Jehovah-saved;

Definition: Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader

KJV Renderings: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hôwshêaʻ) [H1954], יֵשׁוּעַ (Yêshûwaʻ) [H3442].

Senses

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. a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it
3. son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration
4. governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.