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jē̇ - hosh´ū̇ - a ( יהושׁע , yehōshua‛ , "Yahweh is deliverance," or "is opulence"): The usual Hebrew form of the name "Joshua"; it occurs in the King James Version of Numbers 13:16 (the American Standard Revised Version "Hoshea"); and in some editions of the King James Version in 1 Chronicles 7:27 , where others have the form "Jehoshuah" (h being wrongly added at the end). See JOSHUA , SON OF NUN .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Jehoshua'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/j/jehoshua.html. 1915.

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