Joshua – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Joshua
n.
leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses (Biblical); book of the Old Testament which tells the story of Joshua; male first name
Joshua
Joshua or
Jehoshua (
Yĕhôshúʿa or
Yĕshúʿa;
Isho; ,
Yūshaʿ ibn Nūn; , ), is a figure in the
Torah, being one of the spies for Israel (Num 13–14) and identified in several passages as Moses' assistant. He is the central figure in the
Hebrew Bible's
Book of Joshua. According to the books of
Exodus,
Numbers and
Joshua, he became the leader of the
Israelite tribes after the death of
Moses. His name was
Hoshe'a (הוֹשֵׁעַ) the son of
Nun, of the
tribe of Ephraim, but Moses called him
Yehoshu'a (יְהוֹשֻעַ; Joshua in English) the name by which he is commonly known. The name is shortened to Yeshua in Nehemiah . According to the Bible he was born in
Egypt prior to
the Exodus.
Joshua
Noun
1. (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
(hypernym) religious leader
(classification) Old Testament
2. a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses
(synonym) Josue, Book of Joshua
(hypernym) book
(part-holonym) Prophets, Nebiim
Joshua
n.
Joshua, male first name; leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses (Biblical); book of the Old Testament which tells the story of Joshua
Joshua
Joshua, Josue (Hebrew) In the Old Testament, son of Nun (nun, "fish") and successor of Moses, who led the Israelites in the invasion and settlement of Caanan; in the Middle Ages, rated among the "Nine Worthies." Moses died or disappeared "from the top of Mount Pisgah (Nebo, oracular Wisdom), after he had laid his hands upon Joshua, who thus became 'full of the spirit of wisdom,' i.e., initiated" (BCW 14:264-5). Jesus [from Hebrew Yeshua` contraction of Yehoshua` savior, helper, or that which is spacious or widespread] is sometimes identified with Joshua, Qabbalistically. {SD, BCW}
