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jesh´-uÌ„Ì-a; je-shū´-a (יש×וּע, yeÌ„shuÌ„a‛, “Yahweh is deliverance†or “opulenceâ€; compare JOSHUA):
(1) The King James Version “Jeshuah,†head of the 9th course of priests, and possibly of “the house of Jeshua†(; ; ).
(2) A Levite of Hezekiah's time ().
(3) Son of Jozadak = Joshua the high priest (; , ; ; ; ; ; , , , ); see JOSHUA (4) = “Jesus†(1 Esdras 5:48 and Sirach 49:12).
(4) A man of Pahath-moab, some of whose descendants returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (; ) = “Jesus†(1 Esdras 5:48).
(5) Head of a Levitical house which had oversight of the workmen in the temple (; ; ). He is mentioned again in as taking part in explaining the Torah to the people, in f (compare ) as leading in the worship, and in (Hebrew 10) as sealing the covenant; this Jeshua is called son of Azaniah (). To these references should be added probably , where commentators read, “Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel†for “Jeshua the son of Kadmiel.†Perhaps Jozabad () is a “son†of this same Jeshua; compare = 1 Esdras 8:63, where the King James Version is “Jesu,†the Revised Version (British and American) “Jesus.†He is the same as Jessue (the King James Version), Jesus (Revised Version) (1 Esdras 5:26).
(6) Father of Ezer, a repairer of the wall ().
(7) JOSHUA, son of Nun () (which see).