Overview:
Jeshua is a significant biblical figure whose name appears in various contexts throughout the Old Testament. The name "Jeshua" is a variant of "Joshua," meaning "The LORD is salvation." Jeshua is most notably recognized as a high priest during the time of the return from the Babylonian exile, playing a crucial role in the restoration of the Jewish community and the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem.

Biblical References:

1. Jeshua the High Priest:
Jeshua, the son of Jozadak, served as the high priest during the return from Babylonian captivity under the leadership of Zerubbabel. He is prominently mentioned in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah. In Ezra 2:2, Jeshua is listed among the leaders who returned to Jerusalem: "They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, and Baanah." Jeshua's role was pivotal in the spiritual and religious re-establishment of the Jewish people.

In Ezra 3:2, Jeshua, along with Zerubbabel, began the work of rebuilding the altar of the God of Israel: "Then Jeshua son of Jozadak and his fellow priests, along with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and his associates, began to build the altar of the God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it, as it is written in the Law of Moses the man of God."

Jeshua's leadership is further highlighted in the book of Zechariah, where he is depicted as a symbol of the coming Messiah. Zechariah 3:8 states, "Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, you and your companions seated before you, who are indeed men symbolic of things to come: I am going to bring My servant, the Branch."

2. Jeshua in Nehemiah:
In the book of Nehemiah, Jeshua is mentioned as one of the leaders who helped in the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. Nehemiah 7:7 lists him among the leaders who returned with Zerubbabel: "They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum, and Baanah."

3. Jeshua in the Lineage of Priests:
Jeshua is also noted in the genealogical records as a descendant of Aaron, the brother of Moses, thus affirming his rightful place in the priestly line. In 1 Chronicles 24:11, the name Jeshua appears in the division of the priestly duties: "The ninth to Jeshua, the tenth to Shecaniah."

4. Jeshua in the Book of Chronicles:
In 1 Chronicles 9:10, Jeshua is mentioned among the priests who returned to Jerusalem: "From the priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin; Azariah son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the official in charge of the house of God; Adaiah son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasai son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer."

Significance:
Jeshua's role as a high priest during a critical period of Jewish history underscores the importance of spiritual leadership in the restoration and renewal of the covenant community. His efforts in rebuilding the altar and the temple highlight the centrality of worship and adherence to the Law of Moses. Jeshua's life and ministry serve as a foreshadowing of the ultimate High Priest, Jesus Christ, who fulfills the role of mediator between God and humanity.Jeshua

same as Joshua

Jeshua

(a saviour), another form of the name of Joshua of Jesus.

1. Joshua the son of Nun. (Nehemiah 8:17) [JOSHUA]
2. A priest in the reign of David, to whom the nine course fell by David, to whom the ninth course fell by lot. (1 Chronicles 24:11) (B.C. 1014.)
3. One of the Levites in the reign of Hezekiah. (2 Chronicles 31:15) (B.C. 726.)
4. Son of Jehozadak, first high priest after the Babylonish captivity, B.C. 536. Jeshua was probably born in Babylon, whither his father Jehozadak had been taken captive while young. (1 Chronicles 6:15) Authorized Version. He came up from Babylon in the first year of Cyrus, with Zerubbabel, and took a leading part with him in the rebuilding of the temple and the restoration of the Jewish commonwealth. The two prophecies concerning him in (Zechariah 3:1) ... and Zech 6:9-15 Point him out as an eminent type of Christ.
5. Head of a Levitical house, one of those which returned from the Babylonish captivity. (Ezra 2:40; 3:9; Nehemiah 3:19; 8:7; 9:4,5; 12:8) etc.
6. A branch of the family of Pahath-moab, one of the chief families, probably, of the tribe of Judah. (Nehemiah 10:14; 7:11) etc.; Ezra 10:30

Jeshua

Or JOSHUA, son of Josedech, was high priest of the Jews at their return from the captivity, and acted well his part in the restoration of the city, the temple, and the divine worship, Ezra 4:3 5:2. His name occurs in the prophecies of the time, Haggai 1:1 2:2 Zec 3:1-10 6:11-15.

(1.) Head of the ninth priestly order (Ezra 2:36); called also Jeshuah (1 Chronicles 24:11).

(2.) A Levite appointed by Hezekiah to distribute offerings in the priestly cities (2 Chronicles 31:15).

(3.) Ezra 2:6; Nehemiah 7:11.

(4.) Ezra 2:40; Nehemiah 7:43.

(5.) The son of Jozadak, and high priest of the Jews under Zerubbabel (Nehemiah 7:7; 12:1, 7, 10, 26); called Joshua (Haggai 1:1, 12; 2:2, 4; Zechariah 3:1, 3, 6, 8, 9).

(6.) A Levite (Ezra 8:33).

(7.) Nehemiah 3:19.

(8.) A Levite who assisted in the reformation under Nehemiah (8:7; 9:4, 5).

(9.) Son of Kadmiel (Nehemiah 12:24).

(10.) A city of Judah (Nehemiah 11:26).

(11.) Nehemiah 8:17; Joshua, the son of Nun.

JESHUA

jesh'-u-a, je-shu'-a (yeshua`): A place occupied by the children of Judah after their return from captivity (Nehemiah 11:26), evidently, from the places named with it, in the extreme South of Judah. It may correspond with the Shema of Joshua 15:26, and possibly to the Sheba of 19:2. The site may be Khirbet Sa`weh, a ruin upon a prominent hill, Tell es Sa`weh, 12 miles East-Northeast of Beersheba. The hill is surrounded by a wall of large blocks of stone. PEF, III, 409-10, Sh XXV.

JESHUA; JESHUAH

jesh'-u-a, je-shu'-a (yeshua`, "Yahweh is deliverance" or "opulence"; compare JOSHUA):

(1) the King James Version "Jeshuah," head of the 9th course of priests, and possibly of "the house of Jeshua" (1 Chronicles 24:11 Ezra 2:36 Nehemiah 7:39).

(2) A Levite of Hezekiah's time (2 Chronicles 31:15).

(3) Son of Jozadak = Joshua the high priest (Ezra 2:2; Ezra 3:2, 8; 4:03; 5:02; 10:18 Nehemiah 7:7; Nehemiah 12:1, 7, 10, 26); see JOSHUA (4) = "Jesus" (1 Esdras 5:48 and Sirach 49:12).

(4) A man of Pahath-moab, some of whose descendants returned from Babylon to Jerusalem with Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:6 Nehemiah 7:11) = "Jesus" (1 Esdras 58).

(5) Head of a Levitical house which had oversight of the workmen in the temple (Ezra 2:40; Ezra 3:9 Nehemiah 7:43). He is mentioned again in Nehemiah 8:7 as taking part in explaining the Torah to the people, in Nehemiah 9:4 (compare 12:8) as leading in the worship, and in 10:9 (Hebrew 10) as sealing the covenant; this Jeshua is called son of Azaniah (Nehemiah 10:9). To these references should be added probably Nehemiah 12:24, where commentators read, "Jeshua, Binnui, Kadmiel" for "Jeshua the son of Kadmiel." Perhaps Jozabad (Ezra 8:33) is a "son" of this same Jeshua; compare Ezra 8:33 = 1 Esdras 8:63, where the King James Version is "Jesu," the Revised Version (British and American) "Jesus." He is the same as Jessue (the King James Version), Jesus (Revised Version) (1 Esdras 5:26).

(6) Father of Ezer, a repairer of the wall (Nehemiah 3:19).

(7) JOSHUA, son of Nun (Nehemiah 8:17) (which see).

David Francis Roberts

3442. Yeshua -- Jeshua
... Yeshua. 3443 . Jeshua. Transliteration: Yeshua Phonetic Spelling: (yay-shoo'-ah)
Short Definition: Jeshua. Word Origin the same as Yehoshua, qv. Jeshua ...
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3443. Yeshua -- a high priest after the Bab. captivity
... a high priest after the Bab. captivity. Transliteration: Yeshua Phonetic Spelling:
(yay-shoo'-ah) Short Definition: Jeshua. ... captivity NASB Word Usage Jeshua (1). ...
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3091. Yehoshua -- "the LORD is salvation," Moses' successor, also ...
... the name of a number of Isr. NASB Word Usage Jeshua (28), Joshua (219).
Jehoshua, Jehoshuah, Joshua. Or Yhowshua {yeh-ho-shoo'-ah ...
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Altar and Temple
... month was come, and the children of Israel were in the cities, the people gathered
themselves together as one man to Jerusalem.2. Then stood up Jeshua the son ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/altar and temple.htm

The Mystery
... illustrious pairs, under the Old Testament, Moses and Aaron in the Wilderness, Elijah
and Elisha under the Baalitical apostasy, Zorobabel and Jeshua under the ...
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How the Temple was Built While the Cutheans Endeavored in Vain to ...
... 1. Now in the seventh month after they were departed out of Babylon, both Jeshua
the high priest, and Zorobabel the governor, sent messengers every way round ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 4 how the temple.htm

Conclusion. Clue to the Error of the Jews.
... above, towards the end. [1461] See Zechariah 3."The mystery of His name" refers
to the meaning of "Jeshua," for which see c. ix. above. ... [1464] Or, "Jeshua.". ...
/.../tertullian/an answer to the jews/chapter xiv conclusion clue to the.htm

How Xerxes the Son of Darius was Well Disposed to the Jews; as ...
... exceeding friendly to the Jews. Now about this time a son of Jeshua, whose
name was Joacim, was the high priest. Moreover, there was now ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 5 how xerxes the.htm

Hebrew Captives; Or, Mordecai and Esther.
... The first return caravan was organized and directed by Zerubbabel, the grandson
of king Jehoiachim, and by Jeshua, a grandson of the last high-priest Jozadak. ...
/.../headley/half hours in bible lands volume 2/hebrew captives or mordecai and.htm

The Restoration.
... It is here that Haggai and Zechariah delivered their stirring prophesies which together
with the influence of Jerubbabel and Jeshua, the priest, stimulated the ...
/.../tidwell/the bible period by period/chapter xvi the restoration.htm

Reading the Law with Tears and Joy
... answered, Amen, Amen, with lifting up their hands: and they bowed their heads, and
worshipped the Lord with their faces to the ground.7. Also Jeshua, and Bani ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture g/reading the law with tears.htm

Appendix v. Rabbinic Theology and Literature
... Accordingly, the work of the elder Jesus the son of Sirach (Jeshua ben Sira, ben
Eliezer) was excluded from the Canon, although it is not unfrequently referred ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix v rabbinic theology and.htm

Appendix iv. An Abstract of Jewish History from the Reign of ...
... evils. The succession of the High-Priests, as given in Nehem. xii.10, 11,
22, furnishes the following names: Jeshua. Joiakin, Eliashib ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/appendix iv an abstract of.htm

Jeshua (30 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JESHUA. ... The hill is surrounded by a wall of large
blocks of stone. PEF, III, 409-10, Sh XXV. JESHUA; JESHUAH. ...
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Kad'mi-el (8 Occurrences)
... Kad'mi-el (8 Occurrences). Ezra 2:40 The Levites: the children of Jeshua and Kadmiel,
of the children of Hodaviah, seventy and four. (See RSV). ...
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Kadmiel (8 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Kadmiel (8 Occurrences). Ezra 2:40 The Levites: the children
of Jeshua and Kadmiel, of the children of Hodaviah, seventy-four. ...
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Zerub'babel (23 Occurrences)
... RSV). Ezra 2:2 who came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah,
Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum, Baanah. The ...
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Jeshuah (1 Occurrence)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia JESHUA; JESHUAH. jesh'-ua, je-shu'-a (yeshua`,
"Yahweh is deliverance" or "opulence"; compare JOSHUA ...
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Jozadak (5 Occurrences)
... Ezra 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests,
and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of ...
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Jo'zadak (5 Occurrences)
... Ezra 3:2 Then stood up Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and his brothers the priests,
and Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, and his brothers, and built the altar of ...
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Sherebiah (8 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah,
Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, and the Levites ...
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Sherebi'ah (8 Occurrences)
... Nehemiah 8:7 Also Jeshua, and Bani, and Sherebiah, Jamin, Akkub, Shabbethai, Hodiah,
Maaseiah, Kelita, Azariah, Jozabad, Hanan, Pelaiah, even the Levites ...
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Zerubbabel (25 Occurrences)
... According to these he and Jeshua, the high priest, led up a band of captives from
Babylon to Jerusalem and began rebuilding the temple in the second year of ...
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