yeshua · Jeshua

What it means

yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Jeshua”.

Name of several Israelites; above all the high priest who returned with Zerubbabel, also a priest head of the ninth division, Levites and others; also a town of Judah. It is a late form of the name Joshua and means "YHWH saves"; from it comes the name "Jesus."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• 1 Chronicles×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Ezra×10
• Nehemiah×17

• 1 Chronicles 24:11

  for Jeshua the ninth, for Shecaniah the tenth,

• 2 Chronicles 31:15

  Beside him were Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah, in the cities of the priests, with faithfulness to give to their brothers by divisions, to great and small alike,

• Ezra 2:2

  who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

• Ezra 2:6

  the sons of Pahath-moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred twelve;

• Ezra 2:36

  The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three;

• Ezra 2:40

  The Levites: the sons of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodaviah, seventy-four.

• Ezra 3:2

  And Jeshua the son of Jozadak rose up, and his brothers the priests, and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and his brothers, and they built the altar of the Elohim of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the law of Moses the man of Elohim.

• Ezra 3:8

  And in the second year of their coming to the house of Elohim at Jerusalem, in the second month, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel and Jeshua the son of Jozadak and the rest of their brothers, the priests and the Levites, and all who had come from the captivity to Jerusalem, began; and they appointed the Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to direct the work of the house of YHWH.

• Ezra 3:9

  And Jeshua, his sons and his brothers, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, stood up as one to direct those doing the work in the house of Elohim; the sons of Henadad, their sons and their brothers, the Levites.

• Ezra 4:3

  But Zerubbabel and Jeshua and the rest of the heads of the fathers’ houses of Israel said to them, “It is not for you and for us to build a house for our Elohim; but we alone will build for YHWH, the Elohim of Israel, as King Cyrus king of Persia commanded us.”

• Ezra 8:33

  And on the fourth day the silver and the gold and the utensils were weighed in the house of our Elohim by the hand of Meremoth the son of Uriah the priest, and with him was Eleazar the son of Phinehas, and with them were Jozabad the son of Jeshua and Noadiah the son of Binnui, the Levites:

• Ezra 10:18

  And there were found among the sons of the priests who had married foreign women: of the sons of Jeshua the son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.

• Nehemiah 3:19

  And next to him Ezer the son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired a second section, opposite the ascent to the armory at the angle.

• Nehemiah 7:7

  who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. The number of the men of the people of Israel:

• Nehemiah 7:11

  the sons of Pahath-moab, of the sons of Jeshua and Joab, two thousand eight hundred eighteen;

• Nehemiah 7:39

  The priests: the sons of Jedaiah, of the house of Jeshua, nine hundred seventy-three;

• Nehemiah 7:43

  The Levites: the sons of Jeshua, of Kadmiel, of the sons of Hodevah, seventy-four.

• Nehemiah 8:7

  And Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites were making the people understand the law, and the people were in their place.

• Nehemiah 8:17

  And all the assembly, those who had returned from the captivity, made booths and lived in the booths; for the sons of Israel had not done so from the days of Jeshua son of Nun until that day. And there was very great rejoicing.

• Nehemiah 9:4

  And there stood up on the step of the Levites Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani, and they cried out with a loud voice to YHWH their Elohim.

• Nehemiah 9:5

  And the Levites said— Jeshua and Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah— “Stand up, bless YHWH your Elohim from forever to forever.” “And let them bless the name of your glory, exalted above all blessing and praise.

• Nehemiah 10:9

  And the Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel;

• Nehemiah 11:26

  and in Jeshua, in Moladah, in Beth-pelet,

• Nehemiah 12:1

  And these are the priests and the Levites who came up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, and Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,

• Nehemiah 12:7

  Sallu, Amok, Hilkiah, Jedaiah. These were the heads of the priests and of their brothers in the days of Jeshua.

• Nehemiah 12:8

  And the Levites: Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who was over the thanksgivings, he and his brothers;

• Nehemiah 12:10

  And Jeshua fathered Joiakim, and Joiakim fathered Eliashib, and Eliashib fathered Joiada,

• Nehemiah 12:24

  And the heads of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, and their brothers opposite them, to praise and to give thanks, according to the commandment of David the man of Elohim, watch opposite watch.

• Nehemiah 12:26

  These were in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and of Ezra the priest, the scribe.