Strong H3091H3091Gיְהוֹשׁוּעַ

Joshua

One of the 4 senses of Strong H3091

Transliteration
yehôshûa‛ yehôshûa‛
Pronunciation
{yeh-ho-shoo'-ah} yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
Morphology
Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

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;
son of: Nun (H5126); also called Hoshea (KJV: Oshea) at Num.13.8; Jeshua at Neh.8.17;

Meaning of the name

Joshua or Jehoshua = "Jehovah is salvation"

General definition

From H3068 and H3467; Jehovah-saved;
Jehoshua (that {is} {Joshua}) the Jewish leader: - {Jehoshua} {Jehoshuah} Joshua. Compare {H1954 } H3442 .

In the biblical story

Joshua

Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Joshua, the son of Nun, was Moses' assistant and successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land.

In the Bible

Strong H3091G appears in 185 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • joshua180
  • pass3
  • jehoshua2
  • give1

First verses

  1. Exodus 17:9
    And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.
  2. Exodus 17:10
    So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.
  3. Exodus 17:13
    And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.
  4. 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 from under heaven.
  5. Exodus 24:13
    And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.
  6. Exodus 32:17
    And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.
  7. Exodus 33:11
    And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
  8. Numbers 11:28
    And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.
  9. Numbers 13:16
    These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
  10. Numbers 14:6
    And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
  11. Numbers 14:30
    Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  12. Numbers 14:38
    But Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of the men that went to search the land, lived still.
  13. Numbers 26:65
    For the Lord had said of them, They shall surely die in the wilderness. And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  14. Numbers 27:18
    And the Lord said unto Moses, Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is the spirit, and lay thine hand upon him;
  15. Numbers 27:22
    And Moses did as the Lord commanded him: and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the priest, and before all the congregation:
  16. Numbers 32:12
    Save Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenezite, and Joshua the son of Nun: for they have wholly followed the Lord.
  17. Numbers 32:28
    So concerning them Moses commanded Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun, and the chief fathers of the tribes of the children of Israel:
  18. Numbers 34:17
    These are the names of the men which shall divide the land unto you: Eleazar the priest, and Joshua the son of Nun.
  19. Deuteronomy 1:38
    But Joshua the son of Nun, which standeth before thee, he shall go in thither: encourage him: for he shall cause Israel to inherit it.
  20. Deuteronomy 3:21
    And I commanded Joshua at that time, saying, Thine eyes have seen all that the Lord your God hath done unto these two kings: so shall the Lord do unto all the kingdoms whither thou passest.
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