JESUS male Theology, Biblical English form of Ιησους (Iesous), which was the Greek form of the Aramaic name יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshu'a). Yeshu'a is itself a contracted form of Yehoshu'a (see JOSHUA). Yeshua ben Yoseph, better known as Jesus Christ, was the central figure of the New Testament and the source of the Christian religion. The four gospels state that he was the son of God and the Virgin Mary who fulfilled the Old Testament prophecies of the Messiah. He preached for three years before being crucified in Jerusalem. | ||||||||||||||||||||
JOSHUA male English, Biblical From the Hebrew name יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshu'a) meaning "YAHWEH is salvation". As told in the Old Testament, Joshua was a companion of Moses. He went up Mount Sinai with Moses when he received the Ten Commandments from God, and later he was one of the twelve spies sent into Canaan. After Moses died Joshua succeeded him as leader of the Israelites and he led the conquest of Canaan. His original name was Hoshea.The name Jesus comes from a Greek translation of the Aramaic short form יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshu'a), which was the real name of Jesus. As an English name, Joshua has been in use since the Protestant Reformation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
YAHWEH male Theology A name of the Hebrew God, represented in Hebrew by the tetragrammaton ("four letters") יהוה (Yod Heh Vav Heh), which was transliterated into Roman script as Y H W H. Because it was considered blasphemous to utter the name of God, it was only written and never spoken, which resulted in the original pronunciation becoming lost. The name may have originally been derived from the old Semitic root הוה (hawah) meaning "to be" or "to become". |
EQUIVALENTS |
ANCIENT ARAMAIC: Yeshua |
ARABIC: Isa, Issa, Yushua |
BASQUE: Josu |
BIBLICAL GREEK: Iesous |
BIBLICAL HEBREW: Yehoshua, Yeshua |
BIBLICAL LATIN: Iesus, Iosue |
BIBLICAL: Jesus, Joshua |
DUTCH: Jozua |
ENGLISH: Joshua |
FRENCH: Josué |
GALICIAN: Xesús |
HAWAIIAN: Iokua |
HEBREW: Yehoshua |
HUNGARIAN: Józsua |
ITALIAN: Giosuè |
PORTUGUESE: Josué |
SPANISH: Jesús, Josué |
THEOLOGY: Jesus |
TURKISH: İsa |
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS |
ENGLISH: Josh |
SPANISH: Chucho, Chus, Chuy |
FEMININE FORMS |
BASQUE: Josune |
SPANISH: Chus, Jesusa |
OTHER FORMS |
SCOTTISH: Maoilios |
THEOLOGY: Yahweh |