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Scripture יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Ancient Hebrew)

From the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu’a) which means “YHWH is salvation”, from the roots יְהוֹ (yeho) which refers to the Name of GOD in Hebrew and יָשַׁע (yasha’) which means “to save”. As recounted in the Old Testament, Joshua was Moses’ most trusted man. He went up Mount Sinai with Moses when he received the Ten Commandments from GOD, and later was one of the twelve spies sent into the land of Canaan. After Moses’ death Joshua succeeded him as the leader of the Israelites and led toward the conquest of the land of Canaan. His original name was Hoshea.
The name Jesus comes from a Greek translation of the abbreviated Aramaic form יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshu’a), which was Jesus’ real name.

The name Joshua in the Bible

There are four different men named Joshua in the Bible. The most famous is Judge Joshua, the Ephraimite and successor to Moses, the one who led Israel into the Promised Land. The original name of this Joshua was Hosea (הושע) but Moses called him Joshua (Numbers 13:16). His name is spelled יהושוע only in Deuteronomy 3:21 and Judges 2:7.

The other Joshuas are:

• The owner of a field in Beth-shemesh, where the Ark returns to Israel (1 Samuel 6:14);
• A governor of Jerusalem (2 Kings 23:8).
• A famous post-exilic high priest (Haggai 1:1).