Meaning
Joshua H3091
1. Called also Jehoshua, and Jehoshuah, and Oshea:
- Son of Nun
Num 13:8; 1Ch 7:27
- Intimately associated with Moses
Exo 24:13; Exo 32:17; Exo 33:11
- A religious zealot
Num 11:28
- Sent with others to view the promised land
Num 13:8
- Makes favorable report
Num 14:10
- Rewarded for his courage and fidelity
Num 14:30; Num 14:38; Num 32:12
- Commissioned, ordained, and charged with the responsibilities of Moses' office
Num 27:23; Deu 1:38; Deu 3:28; Deu 31:3; Deu 31:7; Deu 31:23; Deu 34:9
- Divinely inspired
Num 27:18; Deu 34:9; Jos 1:5; Jos 1:9; Jos 3:7; Jos 8:8
- His life miraculously preserved when he made a favorable report of the land
Num 14:10
- Promises to
Jos 1:9
- Leads the people into the land of Canaan
Joh 1; Act 7:45; Heb 4:8
- Renews circumcision of the children of Israel; reestablishes the Passover; has a vision of the angel of God
Jos 5:15
- Besieges and takes Jericho
Jos 6
- Takes Ai
Joh 7
- Makes a league with the Gibeonites
Jos 9:27
- The kings of the six nations of the Canaanites:
b Confederate against him
Jos 9:2
b Make war upon the Gibeonites; are defeated and slain
Jos 10
- Defeats seven other kings
Jos 10:43
- Makes conquest of Hazor
Jos 11
- Completes the conquest of the whole land
Jos 11:23
- List of the kings whom Joshua smote
Jos 12
- Allots the land
Joh 13
- Sets the tabernacle up in Shiloh
Jos 18:1
- Sets apart cities of refuge
Jos 20:9
- Sets apart forty-eight cities for the Levites
Jos 21
- Exhortation of, before his death
Joh 23
- Survives the Israelites who refused to enter Canaan
Num 26:65
- His portion of the land
Jos 19:50
- Death and burial of
Jos 24:30
- Esteem in which he was held
Jos 1:18
- Faith of
Jos 6:16
- Military genius of, as exhibited:
b at the defeat of the Amalekites
Exo 17:13
b at Ai
Jos 8
b in Gibeon
Jos 10
b at Hazor
Jos 11
- Age of, at death
Jdg 2:8
2. An Israelite
1Sa 6:14; 1Sa 6:18
3. A governor of Jerusalem
2Ki 23:8
4. Called Jeshua
- The high priest of the captivity
Ezr 2:2
- Assist Zerubbabel in restoring the temple
Ezr 3:13; Ezr 4:6; Ezr 5; Hag 1:1; Hag 1:14; Hag 2:2
- Symbolic of the restoration of the church
Zec 3:10; Zec 6:15