English Dictionary

Joshua

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈd͡ʒɒʃ(j)uːə/

固有名詞

The sixth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and a book of the Tanakh. / The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure. / A male given name from Hebrew.

日本語の意味

旧約聖書の六番目の書であり、タナフの書の一つとして位置付けられる。 / モーセの後を継いだイスラエルの士師であり、ヌンの子として知られる聖書の登場人物（『ヨシュア記』の著者）およびコーランにも登場する人物。 / ヘブライ語起源の男性の名前。

Joshua narrates the Israelites' conquest of Canaan and raises enduring questions about faith and violence.

ヨシュア記はイスラエル人のカナン征服を記述し、信仰と暴力に関する普遍的な問いを投げかけます。

意味（1）

The sixth book of the Old Testament of Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.

意味（2）

The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.

So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the Lord said unto Moses; and Joshua gave it for an inheritance unto Israel according to their divisions by their tribes. And the land rested from war.

意味（3）

A male given name from Hebrew.

His father had a notion, observes Malone, on the authority of Dr. Percy, Bishop of Dromore, that it might at some future period of his life be an advantage to a child to bear an uncommon Christian name, - - - Hence our author derived the scriptural name of Joshua, which, though not very uncommon, occurs less frequently than many others. But another biographer has suggested, with more appearance of reason, that it was probably given to him because an uncle, who was one of his godfathers, bore the same name,