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Jeshua

also known as: Jeshuah and Yeshua

Hebrew: ישוע —transliteration: Yeshua —meaning: he will save

This name is a variant of Yehoshua.

Greek: Ἰησοῦς —transliteration: Iesous

This was the name of 10 or more biblical men and a city. It appears in the following Scriptures: Ezra 2:2, 2:6, 2:36, 2:40, 3:2; 3:8; 3:9, 3:10; 3:18; 4:3; 5:2; 8:33; Nehemiah 3:19; 7:7; 7:11; 7:39; 7:43; 8:7; 8:17; 9:4; 9:5; 11:26; 12:1; 12:7; 12:8; 12:10; 12:24; 12:26; 1 Chronicles 24:11; and 2 Chronicles 31:15.

1. Jeshua, head of the 9th priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chronicles 24:11)

2. Jeshua, a Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute offerings in the priestly cities (2 Chronicles 31:15)

3. Jeshua, a descendant of Pahathmoab who went out of the Captivity (Ezra 2:6; Neh. 7:11)

4. Jeshua, another Levite (Ezra 2:40; Neh. 7:43)

5. Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and high priest of the Jews under Zerubbabel (Neh. 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26)

   He is called Joshua in Hag. 1:1, 12; 2:2, 4; Zechariah 3:1, 3, 6, 8-9.

6. Jeshua, a Levite with a son named Jozabad (Ezra 8:33)

7. Jeshua, the father of Ezer (Neh. 3:19)

8. Jeshua, a Levite who assisted in the reformation under Nehemiah (8:7; 9:4-5)

9. Jeshua, a son of Kadmiel (Neh. 12:24)

10. Jeshua, a city or village of Judah

    Now as for the villages with their fields, some of the sons of Judah lived in Kiriath-arba and its towns, in Dibon and its towns, and in Jekabzeel and its villages, and in Jeshua, in Moladah and Beth-pelet, —Neh. 11:25-26

11. Jeshua, also known as Joshua, the son of Nun (Neh. 8:17), originally named Hoshea or Oshea

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