Yehoshua (surname)

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This article is about the surname "Yehoshua". For "Yehoshua" used as a given name, see Joshua (name). For other uses, see Yehoshua.

Yehoshua is a rare Hebrew surname that is presumably derived directly from the English translation of יהושע, which means roughly "Yahweh rescues" or "Jehovah is salvation".[1][2] "Yehoshua" was also the Hebrew name for Jesus and Joshua and has been used as a masculine given name.

This surname is sufficiently rare to apparently not appear in the United States Census of 1990.[3]

This surname is shared by several notable people:

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[edit] References

  1. ^ A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament Francis Brown, with S.R. Driver and C.A. Briggs, based on the lexicon of William Gesenius. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 221 & 446
  2. ^ Blue Letter Bible. "Dictionary and Word Search for Yĕhowshuwa` (Strong's 03091)". Blue Letter Bible. 1996-2008. 16 Feb 2008. http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=H3091
  3. ^ Surnames [Last Names] Starting With "Y" in the United States