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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 1 times in 1 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Then Josiah brought all the priests from the cities of Judah, and he defiled the high places from Geba to Beer-sheba, where the priests had burned incense. He tore down the high places of the city gates at the entrance of the gate of Joshua the governor of the city (on the left at the city gate).

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