Bible Names

Joshua: meaning of the name

Joshua means “a savior; a deliverer.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)boy name

People named Joshua in the Bible

Joshua in Scripture

“Joshua” appears in 197 verses of the King James Version; here are the first 8.

  • Exodus 17:9

    And Moses said unto Joshua, Choose us out men, and go out, fight with Amalek: to morrow I will stand on the top of the hill with the rod of God in mine hand.

  • Exodus 17:10

    So Joshua did as Moses had said to him, and fought with Amalek: and Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill.

  • Exodus 17:13

    And Joshua discomfited Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.

  • Exodus 17:14

    And the Lord said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua: for I will utterly put out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven.

  • Exodus 24:13

    And Moses rose up, and his minister Joshua: and Moses went up into the mount of God.

  • Exodus 32:17

    And when Joshua heard the noise of the people as they shouted, he said unto Moses, There is a noise of war in the camp.

  • Exodus 33:11

    And the Lord spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.

  • Numbers 11:28

    And Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Moses, one of his young men, answered and said, My lord Moses, forbid them.