יְהוֹשׁוּעַ yehoshua

Hebrew word for “Joshua” · Strong’s H3091 · used 218 times in 199 verses

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Meaning

A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness and Israel before the Monarchy, first mentioned at Exo.17.9;

Senses in the lexicon

• Joshua (204)
• Joshua (11)
• Joshua (2)
• Joshua (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for yehoshua in context, with how often each is used:

• joshua 218

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Joshua 10 (28), Joshua 8 (16), Joshua 7 (12), Joshua 24 (12), Joshua 11 (11), Joshua 4 (10), Joshua 6 (10), Joshua 5 (8), Joshua 9 (8), Joshua 3 (6)

Forms

• יהושׁע 194
• ויהושׁע 17
• ליהושׁע 4
• יהושׁוע 2
• ביהושׁע 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with yehoshua more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• נוּן nun “Nun” 27
• עַי ay “Ai” 15
• מֹשֶׁה mosheh “Moses” 26
• צָוָה tsavah “to command” 23
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 24
• עָלָה alah “to ascend” 21
• גָּדוֹל gadol “great” 17
• עַד ad “till” 21
• עָבַר avar “to pass” 16
• עִם im “with” 19
• יְרִיחוֹ yericho “Jericho” 10
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 16

Key verses

The verses using yehoshua that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 17:14 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek…
• Joshua 1:1 — Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ minister, saying,
• Joshua 3:10 — And Joshua said, Hereby ye shall know that the living God is among you, and that he will without fail drive out from before you the Canaanites, and the…
• Joshua 5:14 — And he said, Nay; but as captain of the host of the LORD am I now come. And Joshua fell on his face to the earth, and did worship, and said unto him, What…
• Joshua 7:6 — And Joshua rent his clothes, and fell to the earth upon his face before the ark of the LORD until the eventide, he and the elders of Israel, and put dust upon…
• Joshua 7:19 — And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel, and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide…
• Joshua 10:42 — And all these kings and their land did Joshua take at one time, because the LORD God of Israel fought for Israel.
• Joshua 14:6 — Then the children of Judah came unto Joshua in Gilgal: and Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite said unto him, Thou knowest the thing that the LORD said…
• Haggai 1:1 — In the second year of Darius the king, in the sixth month, in the first day of the month, came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet unto Zerubbabel the…
• Zechariah 3:1 — And he shewed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to resist him.
• Zechariah 3:8 — Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the…
• Zechariah 3:9 — For behold the stone that I have laid before Joshua; upon one stone shall be seven eyes: behold, I will engrave the graving thereof, saith the LORD of hosts,…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.