Joshua

English

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Alternative forms

• (book of the Bible, Judge of Israel): Josue (obsolete)

Etymology

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 Iēsus 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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)uːə/

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Proper noun

Joshua

1. The sixth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Josh.

2. The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 11:23:

     So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

3. A male given name from Hebrew.
   • 1835, “The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir by H.W.Beechey”, in Strand, London: T. Cadell, page 33:

     "His father had a notion," observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, "that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua, which, though not very uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others." But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name,

4. A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.

Related terms

• Jesus
• Jeshua
• Jason

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Josua (af)
• Arabic: يُوشَع (ar) m (yūšaʕ)
• Aramaic: ܣܦܪܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܒܪܢܘܢ m
• Armenian: Հեսու (Hesu)
• Asturian: Xosué (ast)
• Basque: Josue (eu)
• Breton: Yehoshoua (br) m
• Burmese: ယောရှုမှတ်စာ (yau:hru.hmatca)
• Catalan: Josuè
• Cebuano: Josue
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 約書亞記／约书亚记 (joek³ syu¹ aa³ gei³), 若蘇厄書／若苏厄书 (joek⁶ sou¹ ak¹ syu¹) (Catholic)

  Eastern Min: 約書亞記／约书亚记 (Iók-cṳ̆-ā-gé)

  Hakka: 約書亞記／约书亚记 (Yok-sû-â-ki)

  Hokkien: 約書亞記／约书亚记 (Iok-su-a-kì), 若蘇厄書／若苏厄书 (Jio̍k-so͘-ek-su, Lio̍k-so͘-ek-su) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 約書亞記／约书亚记 (zh) (Yuēshūyàjì), 若蘇厄書／若苏厄书 (zh) (Ruòsū'èshū) (Catholic)

• Corsican: Ghjosuè (co)
• Czech: Kniha Jozue
• Danish: Josva (da)
• Dutch: Jozua (nl)
• Esperanto: Josuo, Joŝuo
• Estonian: Joosua raamat (et)
• Ewe: Yosua
• Faroese: Jósva (fo) m
• Finnish: Joosua (fi)
• French: Josué (fr)
• Georgian: იესო (ieso), იესო ნავეს (ieso naves)
• German: Josua (de)
• Greek: Ιησούς του Ναυή (el) m (Iisoús tou Naví)

  Ancient Greek: Ἰησοῦς m (Iēsoûs)

• Greenlandic: Josva (kl)
• Hawaiian: Iosua
• Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (he) m (yehoshúa)
• Hindi: यहोशू m (yahośū)
• Hungarian: Józsué (hu)
• Icelandic: Jósúa (is) m
• Ido: Iosue (io)
• Irish: Leabhar Iósua m, Iósua (ga) m
• Italian: Giosuè (it)
• Japanese: ヨシュア記 (Yoshua ki)
• Kazakh: Ешуа (Eşua)
• Korean: 여호수아 (Yeohosua)
• Latin: Iosue (la) m
• Latvian: Jozuas grāmata
• Lavukaleve: Joshua
• Limburgish: Jozua
• Lithuanian: Jozuė, Jozuės knyga (lt) f
• Macedonian: Исус Навин (Isus Navin)
• Malayalam: യോശുവ (yōśuva)
• Maltese: Ktieb Ġożwè (mt)
• Manx: Joshua (gv)
• Maori: Hōhua (mi)
• Mirandese: Josué
• Neapolitan: Gesuele
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Josva (no) m

• Persian: یوشع (fa) (yuša')
• Polish: Księga Jozuego f
• Portuguese: Josué (pt)
• Punjabi: یُوشَع (yūśaʻ)
• Romanian: Iosua (ro) m
• Russian: Иису́с На́вин m (Iisús Návin)
• Scots: Joshua
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosua (gd) m
• Slovak: Jozue m
• Slovene: Jozue (sl) m
• Spanish: Josué (es)
• Swahili: Yoshua (sw)
• Swedish: Josua (sv) c
• Tagalog: Josue (tl) m
• Tamil: யோசுவா (yōcuvā)
• Urdu: یوشع (yūśaʻ), کِتابِ یُوشَع (kitāb-e yūśaʻ)
• Waray-Waray: Josue
• Welsh: Josua (cy) m
• West Frisian: Jozua
• Zealandic: Jozua

male given name

• Afrikaans: Josua (af)
• Aghwan: 𐔺𐔴𐕐𐕒 (yešo)
• Arabic: يُوشَع (ar) m (yūšaʕ), يشوع m
• Armenian: Հեսու (Hesu)
• Asturian: Xosué (ast)
• Azerbaijani: Yoşua
• Basque: Josue (eu)
• Breton: Yehoshoua (br) m
• Catalan: Josuè
• Cebuano: Joshua
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 約書亞／约书亚 (joek³ syu¹ aa³), 若蘇厄／若苏厄 (joek⁶ sou¹ ak¹) (Catholic)

  Eastern Min: 約書亞／约书亚 (Iók-cṳ̆-ā)

  Hokkien: 約書亞／约书亚 (Iok-su-a), 若蘇厄／若苏厄 (Jio̍k-so͘-ek, Lio̍k-so͘-ek) (Catholic)

  Mandarin: 喬舒亞／乔舒亚 (Qiáoshūyà), 約書亞／约书亚 (zh) (Yuēshūyà), 若蘇厄／若苏厄 (Ruòsū'è) (Catholic),

• Corsican: Ghjosuè (co)
• Czech: Jozue (cs)
• Danish: Josva (da) c
• Dutch: Jozua (nl) m
• Estonian: Joosua
• Ewe: Yosua
• Faroese: Josva m
• Finnish: Joosua (fi)
• French: Josué (fr) m
• Galician: Xosué m
• Georgian: იესო (ieso)
• German: Josua (de) m
• Greek: Ιωσούας (el) m (Iosoúas), Ιησούς του ναυή m (Iisoús tou naví)

  Ancient: Ἰησούς m (Iēsoús)

• Greenlandic: Josva (kl)
• Hawaiian: Iokua
• Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (he) m (yehoshúa)
• Hindi: यहोशू m (yahośū)
• Hungarian: Józsua (hu), Józsué (hu)
• Icelandic: Jósúa (is) m
• Ido: Iosue (io)
• Inuktitut: ᔫᔅᕙ (yoosfa)
• Irish: Iósua (ga) m
• Italian: Giosuè (it) m
• Japanese: ヨシュア (Yoshua)
• Kazakh: Ешуа (Eşua)
• Korean: 여호수아 (Yeohosua)
• Latin: Iosue (la) m
• Latvian: Jozua (lv) m, Džošua m
• Lavukaleve: Joshua
• Limburgish: Jozua
• Lithuanian: Jozuė m
• Malay: Joshua
• Maltese: Ġożwè
• Manx: Joshua (gv)
• Maori: Hōhua (mi)
• Mirandese: Josué
• Neapolitan: Gesuele
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Josva (no) m

• Persian: یوشع (fa) (yuša')
• Polish: Jozue (pl) m
• Portuguese: Josué (pt)
• Romanian: Iosua (ro) m
• Russian: Иису́с (ru) m (Iisús), Джо́шуа (ru) m (Džóšua), Иису́с На́вин m (Iisús Návin)
• Scots: Joshua
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosua (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Исус Навин m, Јо̏шуа m

  Roman: Isus Navin m, Jȍšua (sh) m

• Slovak: Jozue m
• Slovene: Jozue (sl) m
• Spanish: Josué (es)
• Swahili: Yoshua (sw)
• Swedish: Josua (sv) c
• Tagalog: Josue (tl)
• Tamil: யோசுவா (yōcuvā)
• Turkish: Yuşa
• Urdu: یشوع m (yaśū')
• Waray-Waray: Josue
• Welsh: Josua (cy) m
• West Frisian: Jozua
• Zealandic: Jozua

Noun

Joshua (plural Joshuas)

1. A Joshua tree.
   • 2011, United States Federal Writers Project, WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration, Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels, Southern California:

     Isolated Joshua trees appear at 75.1 m. among the mesquite and sage, increasing rapidly in number until they form a forest on both sides. […] The age of the Joshuas is popularly compared to that of the Sequoias.

Cebuano

Etymology

From English Joshua, from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšūaʿ).

Proper noun

Joshua

1. a male given name from English [in turn from Hebrew]

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Joshua. Doublet of Josué.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝoʃwa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ʃwa]

• IPA^(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝoʃwa/ [ˈɟ͡ʝo.ʃwa]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃoʃwa/ [ˈʃo.ʃwa]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒoʃwa/ [ˈʒo.ʃwa]

• Rhymes: -oʃwa
• Syllabification: Jo‧shua

Proper noun

Joshua m

1. a male given name from English