This name belongs to 10 different people and places in the Bible:
- Jeshua: Head of a priestly family that returned from exile
- Jeshua: A Levite during King Hezekiah's reign
- Jeshua: A prominent Levite leader during the post-exilic period
- Jeshua: Leader of a group that returned from Babylonian exile
- Jeshua: A priest who received the temple treasures
- Jeshua: A Levite leader during Nehemiah's time
- Jeshua: Son of Jozadak, who helped rebuild Jerusalem's wall
- Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan
- Joshua: High priest during the rebuilding of the temple
- Jeshua: A town in Judah inhabited after the Babylonian exile
Definition
for H3091; he will save; Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Jeshua.
Traditional renderings: Jeshua.
Glossary entries
Joshua (Person) Jeshua (Person) Jehoshua, Jehoshuah Jesus Oshea Jeshuah
Where it occurs
Occurrences
29 total
- 1 Chronicles 24:11לְיֵשׁ֙וּעַ֙ · to Jeshua…the ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah,
- 2 Chronicles 31:15וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ · JeshuaUnder his authority, Eden, Miniamin, Jeshua, Shemaiah, Amariah, and Shecaniah faithfully distributed portions to their fellow priests in their cities, according to their divisions, old and young alike.
- Ezra 2:2יֵשׁ֡וּעַ · Jeshua…accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
- Ezra 2:6יֵשׁ֖וּעַ · of Jeshua…the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,812;
- Ezra 2:36יֵשׁ֔וּעַ · of JeshuaThe priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
- Ezra 2:40יֵשׁ֧וּעַ · of JeshuaThe Levites: the descendants of Jeshua and Kadmiel (through the line of Hodaviah), 74.
- Ezra 3:2יֵשׁ֨וּעַ · Then JeshuaThen Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to sacrifice burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God.
- Ezra 3:8וְיֵשׁ֨וּעַ · JeshuaIn the second month of the second year after they had arrived at the house of God in Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel, Jeshua son of Jozadak, and the rest of their associates including the priests, the Levites, and all who had returned to Jerusalem from the captivity, began the work. They appointed Levites twenty years of age or older to supervise the construction of the house of the LORD.
- Ezra 3:9יֵשׁ֡וּעַ · So JeshuaSo Jeshua and his sons and brothers, Kadmiel and his sons (descendants of Yehudah), and the sons of Henadad and their sons and brothers—all Levites—joined together to supervise those working on the house of God.
- Ezra 4:3וְיֵשׁ֗וּעַ · JeshuaBut Zerubbabel, Jeshua, and the other heads of the families of Israel replied, “You have no part with us in building a house for our God, since we alone must build it for the LORD, the God of Israel, as Cyrus king of Persia has commanded us.”
- Ezra 8:33יֵשׁ֛וּעַ · of JeshuaOn the fourth day, in the house of our God, we weighed out the silver and gold and sacred articles into the hand of Meremoth son of Uriah, the priest. Eleazar son of Phinehas was with him, along with the Levites Jozabad son of Jeshua and Noadiah son of Binnui.
- Ezra 10:18יֵשׁ֤וּעַ · of JeshuaAmong the descendants of the priests who had married foreign women were found these descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.
- Nehemiah 3:19יֵשׁ֛וּעַ · of JeshuaAnd next to him, Ezer son of Jeshua, ruler of Mizpah, repaired another section opposite the ascent to the armory, near the angle in the wall.
- Nehemiah 7:7יֵשׁ֡וּעַ · Jeshua…accompanied by Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah. This is the count of the men of Israel:
- Nehemiah 7:11יֵשׁ֖וּעַ · of Jeshua…the descendants of Pahath-moab (through the line of Jeshua and Joab), 2,818;
- Nehemiah 7:39יֵשׁ֔וּעַ · of JeshuaThe priests: the descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
- Nehemiah 7:43יֵשׁ֧וּעַ · of JeshuaThe Levites: the descendants of Jeshua (through Kadmiel, through the line of Hodevah), 74.
- Nehemiah 8:7וְיֵשׁ֡וּעַ · JeshuaThe Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah, Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, and Pelaiah—instructed the people in the Law as they stood in their places.
- Nehemiah 8:17יֵשׁ֨וּעַ · of JoshuaThe whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
- Nehemiah 9:4יֵשׁ֨וּעַ · JeshuaAnd the Levites—Jeshua, Bani, Kadmiel, Shebaniah, Bunni, Sherebiah, Bani, and Chenani—stood on the raised platform and cried out in a loud voice to the LORD their God.
- Nehemiah 9:5יֵשׁ֣וּעַ · JeshuaThen the Levites—Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabneiah, Sherebiah, Hodiah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah—said, “Stand up and bless the LORD your God from everlasting to everlasting: Blessed be Your glorious name, and may it be exalted above all blessing and praise.
- Nehemiah 10:9וְיֵשׁ֙וּעַ֙ · JeshuaThe Levites: Jeshua son of Azaniah, Binnui of the sons of Henadad, Kadmiel,
- Nehemiah 11:26וּבְיֵשׁ֥וּעַ · in Jeshua…in Jeshua, Moladah, and Beth-pelet;
- Nehemiah 12:1וְיֵשׁ֑וּעַ · and with JeshuaNow these are the priests and Levites who went up with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua: Seraiah, Jeremiah, Ezra,
- Nehemiah 12:7יֵשֽׁוּעַ׃פ · of JeshuaSallu, Amok, Hilkiah, and Jedaiah. These were the leaders of the priests and their associates in the days of Jeshua.
- Nehemiah 12:8יֵשׁ֧וּעַ · JeshuaThe Levites were Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel, Sherebiah, Judah, and Mattaniah, who, with his associates, led the songs of thanksgiving.
- Nehemiah 12:10וְיֵשׁ֖וּעַ · JeshuaJeshua was the father of Joiakim, Joiakim was the father of Eliashib, Eliashib was the father of Joiada,
- Nehemiah 12:24וְיֵשׁ֤וּעַ · and JeshuaThe leaders of the Levites were Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua son of Kadmiel, along with their associates, who stood across from them to give praise and thanksgiving as one section alternated with the other, as prescribed by David the man of God.
- Nehemiah 12:26יֵשׁ֖וּעַ · of JeshuaThey served in the days of Joiakim son of Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, and in the days of Nehemiah the governor and Ezra the priest and scribe.