Etymology

Jeshua

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Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ
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The story

  1. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromיֵשׁוּעַ“Jesus” or “Joshua”
  2. English todayJeshua

From Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”). Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ). Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebrew form יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšúa, “Joshua”).

Words from the same roots

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Yeshua

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.