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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 2 / 4 (Jos 5:3–Jos 9:15)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:3 - So Joshua H3091 made himself flint knives and circumcised the sons of Israel at [fn]Gibeath-haaraloth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:4 - Now this is the reason why Joshua H3091 circumcised them: all the people who came out of Egypt who were males, all the men of war, died in the wilderness along the way when they came out of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:7 - And their sons whom He raised up in their place, Joshua H3091 [fn]circumcised; for they were uncircumcised because they had not circumcised them along the way.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:9 - Then Yahweh said to Joshua H3091, “Today I have rolled away the reproach of Egypt from you.” So the name of that place is called [fn]Gilgal to this day.

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Now it happened when Joshua H3091 was by Jericho, that he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing opposite him with his sword drawn in his hand, and Joshua H3091 went to him and said to him, “Are you for us or for our adversaries?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:14 - He said, “No! Rather I indeed come now as commander of the host of Yahweh.” And Joshua H3091 fell on his face to the earth and bowed down and said to him, “What has my lord to say to his slave?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 5:15 - The commander of the host of Yahweh said to Joshua H3091, “Remove your sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy.” And Joshua H3091 did so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:2 - And Yahweh said to Joshua H3091, “See, I have given Jericho into your hand, with its king and the valiant warriors.

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So Joshua H3091 the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Carry the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of Yahweh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:8 - And so it happened that, when Joshua H3091 had spoken to the people, the seven priests carrying the seven trumpets of rams’ horns before Yahweh passed on forward and blew the trumpets; and the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came after them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:10 - But Joshua H3091 commanded the people, saying, “You shall not shout nor let your voice be heard nor let a word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I tell you, ‘Shout!’ Then you shall shout!”

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Then Joshua H3091 rose early in the morning, and the priests carried the ark of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:16 - Now it happened that on the seventh time, the priests blew the trumpets, and Joshua H3091 said to the people, “Shout! For Yahweh has given you the city.

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Now to the two men who had spied out the land, Joshua H3091 said, “Go into the harlot’s house and bring the woman and all she has out of there, as you have sworn to her.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:25 - However, Rahab the harlot and her father’s household and all she had, Joshua H3091 preserved alive; and she has lived in the midst of Israel to this day, for she hid the messengers whom Joshua H3091 sent to spy out Jericho.

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Then Joshua H3091 made them swear an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before Yahweh is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:27 - So Yahweh was with Joshua H3091, and the report about him was in all the land.

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Now Joshua H3091 sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is near Beth-aven, east of Bethel, and said to them, “[fn]Go up and spy out the land.” So the men went up and spied out Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:3 - Then they returned to Joshua H3091 and said to him, “Do not have all the people go up; only about two or three thousand men need go up to strike down Ai; do not have all the people toil up there, for they are few.”

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Then Joshua H3091 tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of Yahweh until the evening, both he and the elders of Israel; and they put dust on their heads.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:7 - Joshua H3091 said, “Alas, O Lord Yahweh, why did You ever bring this people over the Jordan, only to give us into the hand of the Amorites, to make us perish? If only we had been willing [fn]to live beyond the Jordan!

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So Yahweh said to Joshua H3091, “Rise up! Why is it that you have fallen on your face?

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So Joshua H3091 arose early in the morning and brought Israel near by [fn]tribes, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:19 - Then Joshua H3091 said to Achan, “My son, I implore you, give glory to Yahweh, the God of Israel, and give praise to Him; and declare to me now what you have done. Do not hide it from me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:20 - So Achan answered Joshua H3091 and said, “Truly, I have sinned against Yahweh, the God of Israel, and [fn]this is what I did:

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So Joshua H3091 sent messengers, and they ran to the tent; and behold, it was concealed in his tent with the silver underneath it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:23 - And they took them from inside the tent and brought them to Joshua H3091 and to all the sons of Israel, and they poured them out before Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:24 - Then Joshua H3091 and all Israel with him, took Achan the son of Zerah, the silver, the mantle, the bar of gold, his sons, his daughters, his [fn]oxen, his donkeys, his sheep, his tent, and all that belonged to him; and they brought them up to the valley of [fn]Achor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:25 - And Joshua H3091 said, “Why have you troubled us? Yahweh will trouble you this day.” And all Israel stoned him with stones; and they burned them with fire [fn]after they had stoned them with stones.

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Now Yahweh said to Joshua H3091, “Do not fear or be dismayed. Take all the people of war with you and arise, go up to Ai; see, I have given into your hand the king of Ai, his people, his city, and his land.

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So Joshua H3091 rose with all the people of war to go up to Ai; and Joshua H3091 chose 30,000 men, valiant warriors, and sent them out at night.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:9 - So Joshua H3091 sent them away, and they went to the place of ambush and remained between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai; but Joshua H3091 spent that night among the people.

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Now Joshua H3091 rose early in the morning and mustered the people, and he went up with the elders of Israel before the people to Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:13 - So they set the people, all the army that was on the north side of the city, and its rear guard on the west side of the city, and Joshua H3091 went that night into the midst of the valley.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:15 - And Joshua H3091 and all Israel pretended to be beaten before them and fled by the way of the wilderness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:16 - And all the people who were in the city were called together to pursue them, and they pursued Joshua H3091 and were drawn away from the city.

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Then Yahweh said to Joshua H3091, “Stretch out the javelin that is in your hand toward Ai, for I will give it into your hand.” So Joshua H3091 stretched out the javelin that was in his hand toward the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:21 - But Joshua H3091 and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that the smoke of the city ascended. So they turned back and struck down the men of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:23 - But they seized the king of Ai alive and brought him to Joshua H3091.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:26 - For Joshua H3091 did not withdraw his hand with which he stretched out the javelin until he had devoted to destruction all the inhabitants of Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:27 - Israel took only the cattle and the spoil of that city as plunder for themselves, according to the word of Yahweh which He had commanded Joshua H3091.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:28 - So Joshua H3091 burned Ai and made it a heap forever, a desolation until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:29 - And he hanged the king of Ai on a tree until evening; and at sunset Joshua H3091 gave a command, and they took his body down from the tree and threw it at the entrance of the city gate and raised over it a great heap of stones that stands to this day.

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Then Joshua H3091 built an altar to Yahweh, the God of Israel, on Mount Ebal,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 8:35 - There was not a word of all that Moses had commanded which Joshua H3091 did not read before all the assembly of Israel with the women and the little ones and the sojourners who were [fn]going among them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:2 - that they gathered themselves together with [fn]one accord to fight with Joshua H3091 and with Israel.

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Now the inhabitants of Gibeon heard what Joshua H3091 had done to Jericho and to Ai.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:6 - And they went to Joshua H3091 to the camp at Gilgal and said to him and to the men of Israel, “We have come from a far country; so now, cut a covenant with us.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:8 - But they said to Joshua H3091, “We are your servants.” Then Joshua H3091 said to them, “Who are you and where do you come from?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - And Joshua H3091 made peace with them and cut a covenant with them, to let them live; and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.

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4. LOAD PAGE 4 Jos 17:15–Zec 6:11

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