Lexical Summary Iēsous: Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr Original Word: ἸησοῦςTransliteration: Iēsous Phonetic Spelling: (ee-ay-sooce') Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: Jesus or Joshua, the name of the Messiah, also three other Isr Meaning: Jesus or Joshua -- the name of the Messiah, also three other Israelites Strong's Concordance Jesus. Of Hebrew origin (Yhowshuwa'); Jesus (i.e. Jehoshua), the name of our Lord and two (three) other Israelites -- Jesus. see HEBREW Yhowshuwa' Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2424: ἸησοῦςἸησοῦς, Ἰησοῦ, dative Ἰησοῦ, accusative Ἰησοῦν, vocative Ἰησοῦ (Winer's Grammar, § 10, 1), ὁ, Jesus (יְהושֻׁעַ and according to a later form, יֵשׁוּעַ , Syriac 9wSy [ 1. Joshua (fully Jehoshua), the famous captain of the Israelites, Moses' successor: Acts 7:45; Hebrews 4:8. 2. Jesus, son of Eliezer, one of Christ's ancestors: Luke 3:29 L T Tr WH. 3. Jesus, the Son of God, the Saviour of mankind: Matthew 1:21, 25; Luke 1:31; Luke 2:21, and very often; see κύριος and Χριστός. 4. Jesus Barabbas; see Βαραββᾶς. 5. Jesus, surnamed Justus, a Jewish Christian, an associate with Paul in preaching the gospel: Colossians 4:11. |