Joshua
/ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/US/ˈd͡ʒɑʃ(j)u.ə/
Joshua proper noun: the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
Proper noun
Joshua
- The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
- Synonyms:
- Josh.
- The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
- So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Joshua 11:23
- A male given name from Hebrew.
- "His father had a notion," observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, "that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua, which, though not very...1835, “The Literary Works of Sir Joshua Reynolds. To Which is Prefixed a Memoir by H.W.Beechey”, in Strand, London: T. Cadell, page 33
- The shooter believed to be responsible for the incident was identified as Joshua Jahn, according to three sources familiar with the case.2025 September 25, Amanda Musa, Priscilla Alvarez, Leigh Waldman, “A detainee is dead after officials say a shooter fired ‘indiscriminately’ at a Texas ICE facility. Here’s what we know”, in CNN
- A surname, transferred from the given name
- Anthony Joshua
- Dakota Joshua
- A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.
Noun
Joshua (plural Joshuas)
- A Joshua tree.
- Isolated Joshua trees appear at 75.1 m. among the mesquite and sage, increasing rapidly in number until they form a forest on both sides. […] The age of the Joshuas is popularly compared to that of the Sequoias.2011, United States Federal Writers Project, WPA Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration, Los Angeles in the 1930s: The WPA Guide to the City of Angels, Southern California
Joshua meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
Joshua in Hindi
- book of the Bible
- यहोशू yahośū
- male given name
- यहोशू yahośū
Joshua in Tamil
- book of the Bible
- யோசுவா yōcuvā
- male given name
- யோசுவா yōcuvā
Joshua in Urdu
- book of the Bible
- یوشع yūśaʻ, کِتابِ یُوشَع kitāb-e yūśaʻ
- male given name
- یشوع yaśū'
Joshua in Malayalam
- book of the Bible
- യോശുവ yōśuva
More languagesFewer languages
- Joshua in Punjabi
- یُوشَع yūśaʻ
- Joshua in Tagalog
- Josue
- Joshua in Arabic
- يَشُوع yašūʕ, يُوشَع yūšaʕ
- Joshua in Malay
- Yosua
- Joshua in Indonesian
- Josua
- Joshua in Persian
- یوشع yuša'
- Joshua in Myanmar
- ယောရှုမှတ်စာ yau:hru.hmatca
Synonyms of Joshua
Forms of Joshua
| Proper noun | |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | Josue |
| Noun | |
| plural | Joshuas |
Origin of Joshua
From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus).
Phrases with Joshua
Questions about Joshua
- What does Joshua mean?
- Joshua means the sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
- What is Joshua in Hindi?
- Joshua in Hindi is यहोशू (yahośū). See Joshua meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Joshua?
- Joshua can be a proper noun or a noun.
- How do you pronounce Joshua?
- Joshua is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)ʊə/.
Words near Joshua in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Joshua (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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