Joshua

Definitions

1. The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
2. A Joshua tree.
3. The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
4. A male given name from Hebrew.
5. A surname, transferred from the given name
6. A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.

Equivalents

38 more languages

العربيةيشوعيوشع

BosanskiIsus

CatalàJosuè

ČeštinaJozueKniha Jozue

CymraegJosua

DanskJosva

ΕλληνικάΙησούς του Ναυή

EestiJoosua

SuomiJoosua

ʻŌlelo HawaiʻiIosua

עבריתיהושע

हिन्दीयहोशू

HrvatskiIsus

ՀայերենՀեսու

Bahasa IndonesiaYosua

ItalianoGiosuè

日本語ヨシュアヨシュア記

ქართულიიესო

Қазақ тіліЕшуа

한국어여호수아

LatinaIosue

LietuviųJozuės knyga

LatviešuJozuaJozuas grāmata

മലയാളംയോശുവ

MaltiĠożwè

NederlandsJozua

PolskiJozueKsięga Jozuego

PortuguêsJosué

РусскийДжо́шуаИисусИисус Навин

SlovenčinaJozue

SlovenščinaJozue

СрпскиIsus

SvenskaJosua

KiswahiliYoshua

தமிழ்யோசுவா

TürkçeYuşa

اردویشوعیُوشَع

Tiếng ViệtGiô-suê

Examples

“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.”

“"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⟳,”

“The shooter believed to be responsible for the incident was identified as Joshua Jahn, according to three sources familiar with the case.”

“Anthony Joshua”

name of a British boxer

“Dakota Joshua”

name of an American hockey player

“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.”

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