Joshua

English

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Alternative forms

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

Etymology

From Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšūaʿ), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (hōšḗaʿ, “Hosea”) with the "addition" of יהוה (“Yahweh”), therefore meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɒʃuːə/

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.
   • Template:RQ:Authorized Version

     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, London: T. Cadell, Strand, 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,

Related terms

• Jesus
• Jason

Translations

book of the Bible

• Afrikaans: Josua (af)
• Arabic: يُوشَع m (yūšaʕ)
• Armenian: Յեսու (Yesu)
• 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), 约书亚记 (joek³ syu¹ aa³ gei³), 若蘇厄書／若苏厄书 (joek⁶ sou¹ ak¹ syu¹), 若苏厄书 (joek⁶ sou¹ ak¹ syu¹) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 約書亞記／约书亚记, 约书亚记 (Yok-sû-â-ki)

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

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

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

• Czech: Kniha Jozue
• Danish: Josva (da)
• Dutch: Jozua (nl)
• 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)
• Hawaiian: Iosua
• Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (he) (Yehoshúa)
• Hindi: यहोशू (yahośū)
• Hungarian: Józsué (hu)
• Icelandic: Jósúa (is) m
• Ido: Iosue (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: Leabhar Iósua m, Iósua (ga) m
• Italian: Giosuè (it)
• Japanese: ヨシュア記 (Yoshua ki)
• Korean: 여호수아 (Yeohosua)
• Latin: Iosue (la) m
• Latvian: Jozuas grāmata
• Limburgish: Jozua (li)
• Lithuanian: Jozuė, Jozuės knyga (lt) f
• Macedonian: Исус Навин (Isus Navin)
• Malayalam: യോശുവ (yōśuva)
• Maltese: Ktieb Ġożwè
• Maori: Hōhua
• Norwegian: Josva (no)
• Persian: یوشع (fa) (yuša')
• Polish: Księga Jozuego f
• Portuguese: Josué (pt)
• Romanian: Iosua (ro) m
• Russian: Иису́с На́вин m (Iisús Návin)
• Scots: Joshua
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosua (gd) m
• Slovak: Jozue m
• Slovene: Jozue (sl)
• Spanish: Josué (es)
• Swahili: Yoshua (sw)
• Swedish: Josua (sv)
• Tagalog: Josue (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Josue
• Welsh: Josua (cy) m
• West Frisian: Jozua
• Zealandic: Jozua

male given name

• Afrikaans: Josua (af)
• Arabic: يُوشَع m (yūšaʕ)
• Armenian: Յեսու (Yesu), Հեսու (Hesu)
• Basque: Josue (eu)
• Breton: Yehoshoua (br) m
• Catalan: Josuè
• Cebuano: Joshua
• Chinese:

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

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

  Min Dong: 約書亞／约书亚 (Iók-cṳ̆-ā), 约书亚 (Iók-cṳ̆-ā)

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

• Czech: Jozue (cs)
• Danish: Josva (da)
• Dutch: Jozua (nl) m
• Estonian: Joosua (et)
• Ewe: Yosua
• Faroese: Josva m
• Finnish: Joosua (fi)
• French: Josué (fr) m
• Galician: Xosué m
• German: Josua (de) m
• Greek: Ιωσούας (el) (Iosoúas), Ιησούς του ναυή (Iisoús tou naví)
• Hawaiian: Iokua
• Hungarian: Józsua (hu)
• Icelandic: Jósúa (is) m
• Ido: Iosue (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Inuktitut: ᔫᔅᕙ (yoosfa)
• Italian: Giosuè (it)
• Japanese: ヨシュア (Yoshua)
• Latin: Iosue (la) m
• Latvian: Jozua (lv) m, Džošua m
• Limburgish: Jozua (li)
• Lithuanian: Jozuė
• Maltese: Ġożwè
• Maori: Hōhua
• Norwegian: Josva (no)
• Polish: Jozue (pl) m
• Portuguese: Josué (pt)
• Romanian: Iosua (ro) m
• Russian: Иису́с (ru) m (Iisús), Джо́шуа (ru) m (Džóšua)
• Scots: Joshua
• Scottish Gaelic: Iosua (gd) m
• Slovak: Jozue m
• Slovene: Jozue (sl) m
• Spanish: Josué (es)
• Swahili: Yoshua (sw)
• Swedish: Josua (sv)
• Tagalog: Josue (tl)
• Waray-Waray: Josue
• Welsh: Josua (cy) m
• West Frisian: Jozua
• Zealandic: Jozua

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Etymology

From English Joshua, from Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhôšūaʿ).

Proper noun

Joshua

1. a male given name from Hebrew