Strong H3443יֵשׁוּעַ

Jeshua

Transliteration: yêshûa‛
Pronunciation: yah-shoo'-ah
Morphology: Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person

Definition

(Chaldee); corresponding to H3442 : - Jeshua.

Meaning of the name

Jeshua = "he is saved"

Detailed definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of Exile and Return, first mentioned at Ezr.2.2;
son of: Jehozadak (H3087);
father of: Joiakim (H3113); also called Jeshua at Ezr.2.2; 3.2,8; 4.3; 5.2; 1x12.1,7,10,26;
Aramaic of ye.ho.shu.a (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ "Joshua" H3091J)

In the biblical story

Joshua

High priest during the rebuilding of the temple

Joshua (or Jeshua), the son of Jehozadak, was the high priest who led the rebuilding of the temple after the Babylonian exile.

In the Bible

Strong H3443 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

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First verses

Ezra 5:2
Then rose up Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and began to build the house of God which is at Jerusalem: and with them were the prophets of God helping them.

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Occurrences by book

Ezra1

Related words

Word family

יֵשׁוּעַJeshuaH3442G