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Lexicon :: Strong's H3091 - yᵊhôšûaʿ

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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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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, “Choose us some men and go out, fight with Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in my hand.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:13 - So Joshua defeated Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 17:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Write this for a memorial in the book and recount it in the hearing of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:13 - So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and Moses went up to the mountain of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:17 - And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said to Moses, “There is a noise of war in the camp.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:11 - So the LORD spoke to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. And he would return to the camp, but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, did not depart from the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:28 - So Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, one of his choice men, answered and said, “Moses my lord, forbid them!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 13:16 - These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Hoshea[fn] the son of Nun, Joshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:6 - But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, who were among those who had spied out the land, tore their clothes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:30 - ‘Except for Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun, you shall by no means enter the land which I swore I would make you dwell in.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:38 - But Joshua the son of Nun and Caleb the son of Jephunneh remained alive, of the men who went to spy out the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:65 - For the LORD had said of them, “They shall surely die in the wilderness.” So there was not left a man of them, except Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:18 - And the LORD said to Moses: “Take Joshua the son of Nun with you, a man in whom is the Spirit, and lay your hand on him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:22 - So Moses did as the LORD commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:12 - ‘except Caleb the son of Jephunneh, the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun, for they have wholly followed the LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:28 - So Moses gave command concerning them to Eleazar the priest, to Joshua the son of Nun, and to the chief fathers 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 shall divide the land among you as an inheritance: Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:38

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:38 - ‘Joshua the son of Nun, who stands before you, he shall go in there. Encourage him, for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:21 - “And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, ‘Your eyes have seen all that the LORD your God has done to these two kings; so will the LORD do to all the kingdoms through which you pass.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 3:28

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:28 - ‘But command Joshua, and encourage him and strengthen him; for he shall go over before this people, and he shall cause them to inherit the land which you will see.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 31:3

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:3 - “The LORD your God Himself crosses over before you; He will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess them. Joshua himself crosses over before you, just as the LORD has said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:7 - Then Moses called Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and of good courage, for you must go with this people to the land which the LORD has sworn to their fathers to give them, and you shall cause them to inherit it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:14 - Then the LORD said to Moses, “Behold, the days approach when you must die; call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of meeting, that I may inaugurate him.” So Moses and Joshua went and presented themselves in the tabernacle of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:23 - Then He inaugurated Joshua the son of Nun, and said, “Be strong and of good courage; for you shall bring the children of Israel into the land of which I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 34:9 - Now Joshua the son of Nun was full of the spirit of wisdom, for Moses had laid his hands on him; so the children of Israel heeded him, and did as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:1 - After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:10 - Then Joshua commanded the officers of the people, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:12

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:16 - So they answered Joshua, saying, “All that you command us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:1 - Now Joshua the son of Nun sent out two men from Acacia Grove[fn] to spy secretly, saying, “Go, view the land, especially Jericho.” So they went, and came to the house of a harlot named Rahab, and lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:23 - So the two men returned, descended from the mountain, and crossed over; and they came to Joshua the son of Nun, and told him all that had befallen them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 2:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:24 - And they said to Joshua, “Truly the LORD has delivered all the land into our hands, for indeed all the inhabitants of the country are fainthearted because of us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:1 - Then Joshua rose early in the morning; and they set out from Acacia Grove[fn] and came to the Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they crossed over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:5 - And Joshua said to the people, “Sanctify yourselves, for tomorrow the LORD will do wonders among you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:6 - Then Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Take up the ark of the covenant and cross over before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:7 - And the LORD said to Joshua, “This day I will begin to exalt you in the sight of all Israel, that they may know that, as I was with Moses, so I will be with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:9 - So Joshua said to the children of Israel, “Come here, and hear the words of the LORD your God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:10 - And Joshua said, “By this you shall know that the living God is among you, and that He will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites and the Hittites and the Hivites and the Perizzites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Jebusites:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:1 - And it came to pass, when all the people had completely crossed over the Jordan, that the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4 - Then Joshua called the twelve men whom he had appointed from the children of Israel, one man from every tribe;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - and Joshua said to them: “Cross over before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and each one of you take up a stone on his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:8 - And the children of Israel did so, just as Joshua commanded, and took up twelve stones from the midst of the Jordan, as the LORD had spoken to Joshua, according to the number of the tribes of the children of Israel, and carried them over with them to the place where they lodged, and laid them down there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:9 - Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:10 - So the priests who bore the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the LORD had commanded Joshua to speak to the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua; and the people hurried and crossed over.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:14 - On that day the LORD exalted Joshua in the sight of all Israel; and they feared him, as they had feared Moses, all the days of his life.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:15 - Then the LORD spoke to Joshua, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:17 - Joshua therefore commanded the priests, saying, “Come up from the Jordan.”

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:2 - At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives for yourself, and circumcise the sons of Israel again the second time.”

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3. LOAD PAGE 3 Jos 9:22–Jos 17:14

4. LOAD PAGE 4 Jos 17:15–Zec 6:11

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