Joshua

n. leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses (Biblical); book of the Old Testament which tells the story of Joshua; male first name

Joshua, Jehoshuah, or Yehoshua (Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Tiberian: , Israeli: Yəhoshúa), born in Egypt, was an Israelite leader who succeeded Moses. His story is told in the Hebrew Bible, chiefly in the books Exodus, the Numbers, and Joshua. He was one of the twelve spies sent on by Moses to explore the land of Canaan who would later lead the conquest of that land.
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Noun
1. (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
(hypernym) religious leader
(classification) Old Testament
2. a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses
(synonym) Josue, Book of Joshua
(hypernym) book
(part-holonym) Prophets, Nebiim

n. Joshua, male first name; leader of the Israelites after the death of Moses (Biblical); book of the Old Testament which tells the story of Joshua

Joshua, Josue (Hebrew) In the Old Testament, son of Nun (nun, "fish") and successor of Moses, who led the Israelites in the invasion and settlement of Caanan; in the Middle Ages, rated among the "Nine Worthies." Moses died or disappeared "from the top of Mount Pisgah (Nebo, oracular Wisdom), after he had laid his hands upon Joshua, who thus became 'full of the spirit of wisdom,' i.e., initiated" (BCW 14:264-5). Jesus [from Hebrew Yeshua` contraction of Yehoshua` savior, helper, or that which is spacious or widespread] is sometimes identified with Joshua, Qabbalistically. {SD, BCW}