Yeshua

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10/6/2024, 9:08 PM	Mike C	update #116
12/7/2022, 9:35 PM	Mike C	update #113
1/22/2019, 10:01 AM	Mike C	update #101
12/8/2017, 12:41 PM	Mike C	update #97
7/28/2009, 1:14 PM	Mike C	added

Gender Masculine

Usage Biblical Hebrew [1], Ancient Aramaic

Scripts יֵשׁוּעַ(Ancient Hebrew)

Meaning & History

Contracted form of Yehoshuaʿ (see Joshua) used in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah in the Hebrew Bible. The form was also used in Aramaic, and was most likely the name represented by Greek Iesous (see Jesus) in the New Testament. This means it was probably the real name of Jesus.