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Jeshua

/ˈd͡ʒɛ.ʃuː.ə/

Jeshua is the alternative spelling of Yeshua.

Meaning of Yeshua

Proper noun

Yeshua

  1. Jesus
  2. Joshua

Origin of Jeshua

From Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”). Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ). Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebrew form יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšúa, “Joshua”).

Questions about Jeshua

What is Jeshua the alternative spelling of?
Jeshua is the alternative spelling of Yeshua.
How do you pronounce Jeshua?
Jeshua is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɛ.ʃuː.ə/.

Words near Jeshua in the dictionary

  1. Jeschkes
  2. Jesenice
  3. Jesenje
  4. Jeseri
  5. Jeshtak
  6. Jeshua
  7. Jeshurun
  8. Jesi
  9. Jesica
  10. Jesii
  11. Jesika

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Jeshua (page history and authors); Yeshua (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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