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Simeon holding the infant Jesus in the temple, illustrated in ivory and garnet on an indigo background in a woodcut style

Yeshua: What the Name of Jesus Means

The name of Jesus and Israel’s hope of salvation

Hebrew & Bible

Full guide: 3 min · 4 chapters · 5 Hebrew words

Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ), pronounced yeh-SHOO-ah, is the Hebrew form of the name Jesus. It is a shortened form of Yehoshua, usually rendered Joshua in English Bibles, and means “the Lord saves.” The name reached English through Greek and Latin.

It was a familiar Jewish name long before Christians spoke it in prayer. Matthew makes its meaning central to his account of Jesus’ birth. The angel tells Joseph:

The chapters

  1. Yeshua: What the Name of Jesus Means
  2. Yeshuah: Israel’s Language of Salvation
  3. Mashiach: The Title We Call Christ
  4. The Salvation Simeon Saw

Hebrew in this guide

yeshuaיֵשׁוּעַ yehoshuaיְהוֹשֻׁעַ yeshuahיְשׁוּעָה messiahמָשִׁיחַ yeshua hamashiachיֵשׁוּעַ הַמָּשִׁיחַ

Scripture it opens

Matthew 1:21 Exodus 15:2 Isaiah 52:10 1 Samuel 16:13 John 1:41 Luke 2:30-32 Mark 10:45 Acts 2:32-36 Romans 15:8-9

How it reads in the app

The same guide, opened in IsraelForYou: tap any Hebrew word and its meaning rises from below, with the verses it lives in.

Simeon holding the infant Jesus in the temple, illustrated in ivory and garnet on an indigo background in a woodcut style Yeshua: What the Name of Jesus Means

Yeshua (יֵשׁוּעַ), pronounced yeh-SHOO-ah, is the Hebrew form of the name Jesus. It is a shortened form of Yehoshua, usually rendered Joshua in English Bibles, and means “the Lord saves.” The name reached English through Greek and Latin.

It was a familiar Jewish name long before Christians spoke it in prayer. Matthew makes its meaning central to his account of Jesus’ birth. The angel tells Joseph:

“You shall call his name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins.” (Matthew 1:21)

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