What is his name?

Post by **_Paidion** » Sat Mar 25, 2006 9:54 pm

Can anyone tell me why the NASB translated the Hebrew name "Yehowshuwa" [Strongs 03091] as "Joshua" in some Old Testament passages, but as "Jeshua" in others?

Post by **_Christopher** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:19 am

On the few I looked up, the interlinear seems to have them different as well.

Joshua seems to be "yahowshua" and Jeshua seems to be "yeeshewa" Strongs 3442.

I didn't look up every occurance though.

Looking it up in the Englishmans, I also noticed the KJV translates it "Jehoshua" in 2 places (Num 13:16 and 1 Chro 7:27).

Post by **_Paidion** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:08 pm

Christopher, the NASB translates "Yehowshuwa"[Strongs 03091] as "Jeshua" in the following verses:

I Chron 24:11, 2 Chron 31:15, Ezra 2:2, 2:6, 2:35, 2:40, 3:2, 3:8, 3:9,
4:3, 5:2, 6:33, 10:18, and there are 16 occurences in Nehemiah.

You stated that "Yeeshewa" [Strongs 3443] has been translated as "Jeshua". Any Strongs numbers which do not begin with zero, are Greek words from the New Testament. So I tried looking up "03442". Apparently that number does no exist in Strongs.

Post by **_Benjamin Ho** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 12:55 pm

3091 יְהֹושֻׁעַ [Yâhowshuwa`, Yâhowshu`a /yeh·ho·shoo·ah/] n pr m. From 3068 and 3467; GK 3397; 218 occurrences; AV translates as “Joshua” 218 times. 1 son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan. 2 a resident of Beth-shemesh on whose land the Ark of the Covenant came to a stop after the Philistines returned it. 3 son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration. 4 governor of Jerusalem under king Josiah who gave his name to a gate of the city of Jerusalem. Additional Information: Joshua or Jehoshua = “Jehovah is salvation”.

3442 יֵשׁוּעַ, יֵשׁוּעַ [Yeshuwa` /yay·shoo·ah/] n pr m loc. For 3091; GK 3800 and 3801; 29 occurrences; AV translates as “Jeshua” 29 times. 1 son of Nun of the tribe of Ephraim and successor to Moses as the leader of the children of Israel; led the conquest of Canaan. 2 son of Jehozadak and high priest after the restoration. 3 a priest in the time of David who had charge of the 9th course. 4 a Levite in the reign of Hezekiah. 5 head of a Levitical house which returned from captivity in Babylon. 6 father of a builder of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah. 7 a town in southern Judah reinhabited by the people of Judah after the return from captivity. Additional Information: Jeshua = “he is saved”.

3443 יֵשׁוּעַ [Yeshuwa` /yay·shoo·ah/] n pr m. Corresponding to 3442; GK 10336; AV translates as “Jeshua” once. 1 an exilic priest who returned with Zerubbabel. Additional Information: Jeshua = “he is saved”.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible : Showing Every Word of the Test of the Common English Version of the Canonical Books, and Every Occurence of Each Word in Regular Order., (electronic ed.; Ontario: Woodside Bible Fellowship., 1996).

Post by **_Benjamin Ho** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:07 pm

NASB 1995 Update
Joshua (occurs 223 times in NASB95)
Hebrew 3091 = 219 out of 223
Hebrew 1954 = 1 out of 223
Greek 2424 = 3 out of 223

Jeshua (occurs 29 times in NASB95)
Hebrew 3442 = 28 out of 29
Hebrew 3443 = 1 out of 29

KJV
Joshua (occurs 216 times in KJV)
Hebrew 3091 = 216 out of 216

Jehoshua (occurs 2 times in KJV)
Hebrew 3091 = 2 out of 2

Jeshua (occurs 30 times in KJV)
Hebrew 3442 = 29 out of 30
Hebrew 3443 = 1 out of 30

Post by **_Paidion** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:32 pm

Thank you for the information, Benjamin.

I can only conclude that my "Online Bible" is not giving the correct Strongs Numbers. In does give the one instance of "Jeshua" as 03443 in the NASB95. But all other 28 occurences of "Jeshua" are given as Strongs 03091.

Post by **_loaves** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:36 am

Can't "Joshua" also be "Hosea" or "Hoshea."

Post by **_Benjamin Ho** » Wed Mar 29, 2006 11:10 am

1954 הֹושֵׁעַ [Howshea` /ho·shay·ah/] n pr m. From 3467; GK 2107; 16 occurrences; AV translates as “Hoshea” 11 times, “Hosea” three times, and “Oshea” three times. 1 family name of Joshua, the son of Nun. 2 the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of Israel. 3 son of Beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam II. 4 a son of Azaziah, a chief of Ephraim in the time of David. 5 an Israelite chief who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah. Additional Information: Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = “salvation”.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible : Showing Every Word of the Test of the Common English Version of the Canonical Books, and Every Occurence of Each Word in Regular Order., (electronic ed.; Ontario: Woodside Bible Fellowship., 1996).

The King James Version

16 occurrences

Num 13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun.
Num 13:16 …to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.
Deut 32:44 …this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
2 Kings 15:30 And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy …
2 Kings 17:1 …the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in …
2 Kings 17:3 …Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him …
2 Kings 17:4 …And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So …
2 Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and …
2 Kings 18:1 …it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that …
2 Kings 18:9 …of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that …
2 Kings 18:10 …year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.
1 Chron 27:20 Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half …
Neh 10:23 Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,
Hos 1:1 The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days …
Hos 1:2 …The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, …
Hos 1:2 …the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of …