Joshua

Joshua comes from the Hebrew name Yehoshua, meaning God is salvation or Yahweh saves, formed from the divine name Yah combined with the root yasha, to save or deliver. In the Hebrew Bible, Joshua son of Nun was the successor of Moses who led the Israelites into Canaan, making the name deeply significant in Jewish, Christian, and Islamic traditions. The Greek form Iesous, used in the Septuagint and New Testament, is the same name that passed into Latin and English as Jesus. Related forms include the contracted Hebrew variant Yeshua, the Spanish Josué, and the French Josué.