Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yeshua

/ˈjɛ.ʃuː.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.37 in modern English

Syllables: yeshua
IPA: /ˈjɛ.ʃuː.ə/

12

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

name

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”). Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ). Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebrew form יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšúa, “Joshua”).

Inflected Forms

Jeshua (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce yeshua?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈjɛ.ʃuː.ə/.
What does yeshua mean?: Jesus
Where does yeshua come from?: Learned borrowing from Biblical Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yēšū́a, “Jesus” or “Joshua”). Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ). Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebrew form יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yĕhōšúa, “Joshua”).

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