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Lexicon :: Strong's H3442 - yēšûaʿ

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יֵשׁוּעַ
Transliteration
yēšûaʿ
Pronunciation
yay-shoo'-ah
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

יֵשׁוּעַ Yêshûwaʻ, yay-shoo'-ah; for H3091; he will save; Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine:—Jeshua.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x

The KJV translates Strong's H3442 in the following manner: Jeshua (29x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 29x
The KJV translates Strong's H3442 in the following manner: Jeshua (29x).

  1. Jeshua = "he is saved"

    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. son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration

    3. a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course

    4. a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah

    5. head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon

    6. father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

      proper locative noun

    7. a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יֵשׁוּעַ Yêshûwaʻ, yay-shoo'-ah; for H3091; he will save; Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine:—Jeshua.
STRONGS H3442: Abbreviations
[H3091 יְהוֺשׁוּעַ, יְהוֺשֻׁעַ] and (later) 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. - 2. see H3091.
3. high priest after the restoration, son of Jehozadak ... יְשׁוּעַ (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰησοῦς) Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2, Ezra 3:8; Ezra 4:3; Ezra 5:2; Ezra 10:18; Nehemiah 7:7; Nehemiah 12:1, Nehemiah 12:7, Nehemiah 12:10, 26.
4. see H3091.
5. יֵשׁוּעַ (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰησοῦς). head of one of the classes of priests 1 Chronicles 24:11, possibly also Ezra 2:36 = Nehemiah 7:39.
6. יֵשׁוּעַ (Greek Version of the LXX Ἰησοῦς etc.), a Levitical family-name of frequent occurrence:
a. Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9 = Nehemiah 7:43; Nehemiah 8:7; Nehemiah 9:4, Nehemiah 9:5; Nehemiah 10:10; Nehemiah 12:8.
b. 2 Chronicles 31:15; Ezra 8:33; Nehemiah 12:24.
7. יֵשׁוּעַ (Greek Version of the LXX id.), father of a builder at the wall Nehemiah 3:19, perhaps =
8. a Judaite family-name (Greek Version of the LXX id.), Ezra 2:6 = Nehemiah 7:11 (compare SmListen 12).
9. proper name, of a location in south of Judah Nehemiah 11:26 בְּיֵשׁוּעַ (Greek Version of the LXX ἐν Ἰησού, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) ἐν Σουα).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H3443.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

24:11

2 Chronicles

31:15

Ezra

2:2; 2:6; 2:36; 2:40; 3:2; 3:8; 3:9; 4:3; 5:2; 8:33; 10:18

Nehemiah

3:19; 7:7; 7:11; 7:39; 7:43; 8:7; 9:4; 9:5; 10:10; 11:26; 12:1; 12:7; 12:8; 12:10; 12:24; 12:26

Matthew

1:21

H3442

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3442 matches the Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšûaʿ),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in 'Neh' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:19 - Next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory at the buttress.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:7 - They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:11 - The sons of Pahath-moab, namely the sons of Jeshua and Joab, 2,818.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:39 - The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, namely the house of Jeshua, 973.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:43 - The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, namely of Kadmiel of the sons of Hodevah, 74.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:7 - Also Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, the Levites,[fn] helped the people to understand the Law, while the people remained in their places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:17 - And all the assembly of those who had returned from the captivity made booths and lived in the booths, for from the days of Jeshua the son of Nun to that day the people of Israel had not done so. And there was very great rejoicing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:4 - On the stairs of the Levites stood Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani; and they cried with a loud voice to the LORD their God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:5 - Then the Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah, said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting. Blessed be your glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:9 - And the Levites: Jeshua the son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 11:26 - and in Jeshua and in Moladah and Beth-pelet,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:1 - These are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:7 - Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the chiefs of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:8 - And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who with his brothers was in charge of the songs of thanksgiving.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:10 - And Jeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim the father of Eliashib, Eliashib the father of Joiada,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:24 - And the chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers who stood opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of God, watch by watch.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:26 - These were in the days of Joiakim the son of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra, the priest and scribe.
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