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Joshua 8:26

“For Joshua drew not his hand back, wherewith he stretched out the spear, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

יְהוֹשׁוּעַYᵉhôwshûwaʻ · yeh-ho-shoo'-ah
H3091 · Hebrew

Definition: Jehoshua (i.e. Joshua), the Jewish leader
Derivation: or יְהוֹשֻׁעַ; from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H3467 (יָשַׁע); Jehovah-saved;
KJV renderings: Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Compare H1954 (הוֹשֵׁעַ), H3442 (יֵשׁוּעַ).
Grammar: וִ — conjunction
יהוֹשֻׁ֨עַ֙ — proper noun
Code HC/Np
Usage: Occurs 218 times in the Hebrew Bible.Exodus 17:9 Exodus 17:10 Exodus 17:13 Exodus 17:14 Exodus 24:13

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read יְהוֹשׁוּעַ here.

Verse 25 Verse 27

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.