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).
Meanings
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:
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).
Meanings
The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
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 uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others." But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name, 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
Dakota Joshua
Anthony Joshua
A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.
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Kniha Jozue (book of the Bible) · nan-hbl 若蘇厄 /若苏厄 (male given name) · es Josué (book of the Bible) · cmn 約書亞 /约书亚 (male given name) · mt Ktieb Ġożwè (book of the Bible) · is Jósúa (male given name) · hy Հեսու (book of the Bible) · ast Xosué (book of the Bible) · he יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (book of the Bible) · co Ghjosuè (male given name) · fi Joosua (book of the Bible) · hi यहोशू (male given name) · sv Josua (book of the Bible) · li Jozua (male given name) · ms Yosua (male given name) · lvk Joshua (book of the Bible) · ur یشوع (male given name) · sh Јо̏шуа (male given name) · sh Jȍšua (male given name) · sco Joshua (male given name) · yue 約書亞記 /约书亚记 (book of the Bible) · lv Jozuas grāmata (book of the Bible) · cdo 約書亞 /约书亚 (male given name) · cy Josua (book of the Bible) · iu ᔫᔅᕙ (male given name) · lt Jozuė (male given name) · fa یوشع (male given name) · co Ghjosuè (book of the Bible) · ar يُوشَع (male given name) · ka იესო ნავეს (book of the Bible) · nan-hbl 約書亞記 /约书亚记 (book of the Bible) · sh Isus Navin (male given name) · fa یوشع (book of the Bible) · tr Yuşa (male given name) · hu Józsua (male given name) · fi Joosua (male given name) · my ယောရှုမှတ်စာ (book of the Bible) · cmn 約書亞記 /约书亚记 (book of the Bible) · nl Jozua (male given name) · id Josua (book of the Bible) · ru Иису́с (male given name) · fj Josua (book of the Bible) · sv Josua (male given name) · kl Josva (male given name) · br Yehoshoua (book of the Bible) · pa یُوشَع (book of the Bible) · nap Gesuele (book of the Bible) · grc Ἰησούς (male given name) · ka იესო (male given name) · hak 約書亞記 /约书亚记 (book of the Bible) · hi यहोशू (book of the Bible) · yue 約書亞 /约书亚 (male given name) · ko 여호수아 (book of the Bible) · cmn 若蘇厄書 /若苏厄书 (book of the Bible) · ms Yosua (book of the Bible) · it Giosuè (book of the Bible) · he יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (male given name) · eo Joŝuo (book of the Bible) · is Jósúa (book of the Bible) · fr Josué (male given name) · arc ܣܦܪܐ ܕܝܫܘܥ ܒܪܢܘܢ (book of the Bible) · da Josva (book of the Bible) · sl Jozue (book of the Bible) · ee Yosua (book of the Bible) · hy Հեսու (male given name) · kl Josva (book of the Bible) · cy Josua (male given name) · la Iosūe (male given name) · yue 若蘇厄 /若苏厄 (male given name) · zea Jozua (book of the Bible) · fo Jósva (book of the Bible) · ta யோசுவா (male given name) · nan-hbl 約書亞 /约书亚 (male given name) · br Yehoshoua (male given name) · ka იესო (book of the Bible) · gl Xosué (male given name) · cs Jozue (male given name) · hu Józsué (male given name) · sk Jozue (book of the Bible) · ro Iosua (male given name) · war Josue (book of the Bible)