יֵשׁוּעַ
ye.shu.a
Jeshua
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word יֵשׁוּעַ (ye.shu.a) has a unique meaning and significance. Its short definition is Jeshua, which is a proper name for a person. A proper name is a label given to an individual, much like a modern-day name. Therefore, when we encounter the word Jeshua in the Hebrew Bible, it is referring to a specific person. The range of usage for the word Jeshua is limited to designating a single person. Since it occurs only 4 times in the entire Bible, the context in which Jeshua is mentioned is crucial to understanding his significance. Without more information about the verses where Jeshua is mentioned, we can only say that the name holds some level of importance, enough to warrant its recording in the biblical text.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
4 total occurrences across the text
The priests: the children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three.
Ezra 10:18Among the sons of the priests there were found who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and his brothers, Maaseiah, and Eliezer, and Jarib, and Gedaliah.
Nehemiah 7:39The priests: The children of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua: nine hundred seventy-three.
1 Chronicles 24:11the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,