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josh´uÌ„Ì-a ((a) יהוש×וּע, yehoÌ„shuÌ„a‛, (b) יהוש××¢, yehoÌ„shua‛, “Yahweh is deliverance†or “opulenceâ€; compare JESHUA; ἸησουÌÏ‚, IeÌ„souÌs):
(1) Joshua the son of Nun; the name has the Hebrew form (a) above in ; ; elsewhere the form (b), except in , where it is of the form yehōshūa‛ (See JESHUA); compare also , ; . See following article.
(2) In , (form (b)), the Bethshemite in whose field stood the kine that brought the ark from the Philistines.
(3) In (form (b)), governor of Jerusalem in the time of Josiah.
(4) The high priest at Jerusalem after the return. See separate article.