Joshua

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [1]

josh´ū́ - a ((a) יהושׁוּע , yehōshūa‛ , (b) יהושׁע , yehōshua‛ , "Yahweh is deliverance" or "opulence"; compare Jeshua; Ἰησούς , Iēsoús ):

(1) Joshua the son of Nun; the name has the Hebrew form (a) above in  Deuteronomy 3:21;  Judges 2:7; elsewhere the form (b), except in  Nehemiah 8:17 , where it is of the form yehōshūa‛ (See Jeshua ); compare also  Numbers 13:8 ,  Numbers 13:16;  Deuteronomy 32:44 . See following article.

(2) In  1 Samuel 6:14 ,  1 Samuel 6:18 (form (b)), the Bethshemite in whose field stood the kine that brought the ark from the Philistines.

(3) In  2 Kings 23:8 (form (b)), governor of Jerusalem in the time of Josiah.

(4) The high priest at Jerusalem after the return. See separate article.

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