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Lexicon :: Strong's H3091 - yᵊhôšûaʿ

Aa
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ
Transliteration
yᵊhôšûaʿ
Pronunciation
yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: יהושוע (Strongs and Gesenius) יהושע (Strongs and Gesenius)

Strong’s Definitions

יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ, yeh-ho-shoo'-ah; or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yᵉhôwshuʻa; from H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader:—Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954, H3442.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 218x

The KJV translates Strong's H3091 in the following manner: Joshua (218x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 218x
The KJV translates Strong's H3091 in the following manner: Joshua (218x).

  1. Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"

    proper masculine noun

    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

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ, yeh-ho-shoo'-ah; or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ Yᵉhôwshuʻa; from H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved; Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader:—Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954, H3442.
STRONGS H3091: Abbreviations
יְהוֺשׁוּעַ, יְהוֺשֻׁעַ and (later) [H3442 יֵשׁוּעַ], proper name, masculine (& location, see 9 below) (י׳ is salvation, or י׳ is opulence, compare אֱלִישָׁע, אֱלִישׁוּעַ, אֲבִישׁוּעַ & NesSK 1892, 573 f.; in any case it came to be associated with ישׁע, compare Matthew 1:21; on יֵשׁוּעַ see especially FräVOJ iv. 1890, 332 f. MüllSK 1892, 177 f. who cite analogue for change of וֹ to later ֵ֯, & Nesl.c.) —
1. Moses' successor, son of Nun, (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰησοῦς) יְהוֺשׁוּעַ Deuteronomy 3:21; Judges 2:7; = יְהוֺשֻׁעַ Exodus 17:9, 10, 13, 14; Exodus 24:13; Exodus 32:17; Exodus 33:11; Numbers 11:28; Numbers 13:16; Numbers 14:6, 30, 38; Numbers 26:65; Numbers 27:18, 22; Numbers 32:12, 28; Numbers 34:17; Deuteronomy 1:38; Deuteronomy 3:28; Deuteronomy 31:3, 7, 14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 31:23; Deuteronomy 34:9; Joshua 1:1 167 times Joshua; Judges 1:1; Judges 2:6, 7, 8, 21, 23; 1 Kings 16:34; 1 Chronicles 7:27; = יֵשׁוּעַ Nehemiah 8:17 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰησοῦς); according to P, name changed by Moses from הוֺשֵׁעַ q. v. Numbers 13:8, 16 (Greek Version of the LXX Αὑση) Deuteronomy 32:44 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰησοῦς).
2. יְהוֺשֻׁעַ a Bethshemite 1 Samuel 6:14, 18 (Greek Version of the LXX 'Wshe, A Ἰησοῦς, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ἰωσηε).
3. high priest after the restoration, son of Jehozadak יְהוֺשֻׁעַ (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰησοῦς) Haggai 1:1, 12, 14; Haggai 2:2, 4; Zechariah 3:1, 3, 6, 8, 9; Zechariah 6:11... see H3442
4. יְהוֺשֻׁעַ governor of Jerusalem under Josiah 2 Kings 23:8 (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰησοῦς, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ἰωσηε).

To see bottom section of 3. and 5.- 9. of this BDB entry H3442.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

17:9; 17:10; 17:13; 17:14; 24:13; 32:17; 33:11

Numbers

11:28; 13:8; 13:16; 13:16; 14:6; 14:30; 14:38; 26:65; 27:18; 27:22; 32:12; 32:28; 34:17

Deuteronomy

1:38; 3:21; 3:28; 31:3; 31:7; 31:14; 31:23; 32:44; 34:9

Joshua

1:1; 1:1

Judges

1:1; 2:6; 2:7; 2:7; 2:8; 2:21; 2:23

1 Samuel

6:14; 6:18

1 Kings

16:34

2 Kings

23:8

1 Chronicles

7:27

Nehemiah

8:17

Haggai

1:1; 1:12; 1:14; 2:2; 2:4

Zechariah

3:1; 3:3; 3:6; 3:8; 3:9; 6:11

Matthew

1:21

H3091

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3091 matches the Hebrew יְהוֹשׁוּעַ (yᵊhôšûaʿ),
which occurs 218 times in 199 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 4 (Exo 17:9–Jos 5:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:9 - And Moses said to Joshua, Get together a band of men for us and go out, make war on Amalek: tomorrow I will take my place on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:10 - So Joshua did as Moses said to him, and went to war with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - And Joshua overcame Amalek and his people with the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - And the Lord said to Moses, Make a record of this in a book, so that it may be kept in memory, and say it again in the ears of Joshua: that all memory of Amalek is to be completely uprooted from the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:13 - Then Moses and Joshua his servant got up; and Moses went up into the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:17 - Now when the noise and the voices of the people came to the ears of Joshua, he said to Moses, There is a noise of war in the tents.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - And the Lord had talk with Moses face to face, as a man may have talk with his friend. And when Moses came back to the tents, his servant, the young man Joshua, the son of Nun, did not come away from the Tent.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - Then Joshua, the son of Nun, who had been Moses' servant from the time when he was a child, said, My lord Moses, let them be stopped.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:16 - These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to get knowledge about the land. And Moses gave to Hoshea, the son of Nun, the name of Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - And Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, two of those who had been to see the land, giving signs of grief,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - Not one will come into the land which I gave my word you would have for your resting-place, but only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Joshua, the son of Nun, and Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, of those who went to see the land, were not touched by disease.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the Lord had said of them, Death will certainly overtake them in the waste land. And of them all, only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua, the son of Nun, were still living.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:18 - And the Lord said to Moses, Take Joshua, the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and put your hand on him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:22 - So Moses did as the Lord said: he took Joshua and put him before Eleazar the priest and the meeting of the people:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - But only Caleb, the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua, the son of Nun: because they have been true to the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:28 - So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest and to Joshua, the son of Nun, and to the heads of families of the tribes of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:17 - These are the names of the men who are to make the distribution of the land among you: Eleazar the priest and Joshua, the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:38 - Joshua, the son of Nun, your servant, he will go into the land: say to him that he is to be strong, for he will be Israel's guide into their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21 - And I gave orders to Joshua at that time, saying, Your eyes have seen what the Lord your God has done to these two kings: so will the Lord do to all the kingdoms into which you come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - But give my orders to Joshua, comforting him and making him strong; for he is to go over Jordan at the head of this people, and he will give them this land which you will see for their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:3 - The Lord your God, he will go over before you; he will send destruction on all those nations, and you will take their land as your heritage: and Joshua will go over at your head as the Lord has said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 - Then Moses sent for Joshua, and before the eyes of all Israel said to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go with this people into the land which the Lord, by his oath to their fathers, has given them; by your help they will take it for their heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14 - At that time the Lord said to Moses, The day of your death is near: send for Joshua, and come to the Tent of meeting so that I may give him his orders. So Moses and Joshua went to the Tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:23 - Then he gave orders to Joshua, the son of Nun, saying to him, Be strong and take heart: for you are to go at the head of the children of Israel into the land which I made an oath to give them; and I will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:9 - And Joshua, the son of Nun, was full of the spirit of wisdom; for Moses had put his hands on him: and the children of Israel gave ear to him, and did as the Lord had given orders to Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:1 - Now after the death of Moses, the servant of the Lord, the word of the Lord came to Joshua, the son of Nun, Moses' helper, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 - Then Joshua gave their orders to those who were in authority over the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:12 - And to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:16 - Then they said to Joshua in answer, Whatever you say to us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - Then Joshua, the son of Nun, sent two men from Shittim secretly, with the purpose of searching out the land, and Jericho. So they went and came to the house of a loose woman of the town, named Rahab, where they took their rest for the night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:23 - Then the two men came down from the hill-country and went over and came back to Joshua, the son of Nun; and they gave him a complete account of what had taken place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:24 - And they said to Joshua, Truly, the Lord has given all the land into our hands; and all the people of the land have become like water because of us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - Then Joshua got up early in the morning, and, moving on from Shittim, he and all the children of Israel came to Jordan and were there for the night before going over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5 - And Joshua said to the people, Make yourselves holy, for tomorrow the Lord will do works of wonder among you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:7 - And the Lord said to Joshua, From now on I will give you glory in the eyes of all Israel, so that they may see that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:9 - And Joshua said to the children of Israel, Come to me here: and give ear to the words of the Lord your God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - And Joshua said, By this you will see that the living God is among you, and that he will certainly send out from before you the Canaanite and the Hittite and the Hivite and the Perizzite and the Girgashite and the Amorite and the Jebusite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:1 - Now when all the nation had come to the other side of Jordan, the Lord said to Joshua,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4 - So Joshua sent for the twelve men, whom he had ready, one man out of every tribe of the children of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - And he said to them, Go over before the ark of the Lord your God into the middle of Jordan, and let every one of you take up a stone on his back, one for every tribe of the children of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - So the children of Israel did as Joshua gave them orders, and took twelve stones from the middle of Jordan, as the Lord had said to Joshua, one for every tribe of the children of Israel; these they took across with them to their night's resting-place and put them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - And Joshua put up twelve stones in the middle of Jordan, where the feet of the priests who took up the ark of the agreement had been placed: and there they are to this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - For the priests who took up the ark kept there in the middle of Jordan till all the orders given to Joshua by Moses from the Lord had been done: then the people went over quickly.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 - That day the Lord made Joshua great in the eyes of all Israel; and all the days of his life they went in fear of him, as they had gone in fear of Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:15 - Then the Lord said to Joshua,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:17 - So Joshua gave orders to the priests, saying, Come up now out of Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:20 - And the twelve stones which they took out of Jordan, Joshua put up in Gilgal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.

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2. LOAD PAGE 2 Jos 5:3–Jos 9:15

3. LOAD PAGE 3 Jos 9:22–Jos 17:14

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Jos 17:15–Zec 6:11

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