Biblical meaning of the name Joshua

Meaning

“The LORD saves”

From the Hebrew Yehoshua (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ): Yah (the LORD) and yasha (to save). Moses changed his name from Oshea to Joshua. It is the same name as Jesus: Yeshua is the short form of Yehoshua, and in Greek both are written Iēsous.

In the original:יְהוֹשׁוּעַ Yᵉhôwshûwaʻ · Strong H3091

Who was Joshua in the Bible?

Joshua was Moses’ assistant and one of the two spies who trusted God before Canaan. After Moses died, he led the people across the Jordan and into the promised land. At the end of his life he declared that he and his house would serve the LORD (Joshua 24:15).

Where the name appears

Numbers 13:16

These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.

Joshua 1:1

Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' minister, saying,

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