Yehoshua (surname) explained

Yehoshua is a Hebrew surname that is presumably derived directly from the English transliteration of, which means roughly "YHWH rescues" or "YHWH is salvation".^{[1] [2]}

"Yehoshua" was also the Hebrew name for Joshua and has been used as a masculine given name. A common alternative form of the name Hebrew: יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ("Yehoshuah" - Joshua) in later books of the Hebrew Bible and among Jews of the Second Temple period is Hebrew: ישוע yēšūă‘.

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:

• A. B. Yehoshua (born 1936), Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright
• Itzhak Yehoshua (born 1962), Chief Rabbi of the Bukharian Jews in the United States

See also

• Yeshua (name)

Notes and 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. http://names.mongabay.com/surnames_Y.htm Surnames [Last Names&#93; Starting With "Y" in the United States<!-- Bot generated title -->]