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Nehemiah 12:10
“And Jeshua begat Joiakim, Joiakim also begat Eliashib, and Eliashib begat Joiada,” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
יֵשׁוּעַYêshûwaʻ · yay-shoo'-ah
H3442 · Hebrew
H3442 · Hebrew
- Definition
- Jeshua, the name of ten Israelites, also of a place in Palestine
- Derivation
- for H3091 (יְהוֹשׁוּעַ); he will save;
- KJV renderings
- Jeshua.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- יֵשׁ֖וּעַ — proper noun
- Usage
- Occurs 29 times in the Hebrew Bible.1 Chronicles 24:112 Chronicles 31:15Ezra 2:2Ezra 2:6Ezra 2:36
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 יֵשׁוּעַ here.
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.