Joshua

American  

[josh-oo-uh] / ˈdʒɒʃ u ə /

Douay Bible, Josue

noun

1. 1. (in the Bible) the successor of Moses as leader of the Israelites.

   2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Josh.

2. a male given name: from a Hebrew word meaning “God is salvation.”

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Joshua British  

/ ˈdʒɒʃʊə /

noun

1. Moses' successor, who led the Israelites in the conquest of Canaan

2. the book recounting his deeds

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Joshua Cultural  

1. In the Old Testament, the leader who brought the Israelites into the Promised Land after the death of Moses. Joshua is best known for his destruction of the city of Jericho. When Joshua was besieging the city, God instructed him to have his priests blow their trumpets and all his troops give a great shout. At the sound of the shout, the walls of the city collapsed, and Joshua's troops rushed in. (See “Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho.”)

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Joshua

“We all felt like this is a happy coincidence that we want to hang onto,” said Joshua Saxe, a former AI security tech lead at Meta Platforms.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The two executives who were subjects of the FBI investigation, Duke Hartman and Joshua Knight, were never charged.

From Salon ● Oct. 20, 2026

The team included co-senior author Jason Ulrich, PhD, a professor of neurology at WashU Medicine, and first author Joshua T. Emmerson, PhD, a postdoctoral researcher in Holtzman's laboratory.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

But having already beaten Fury, Joshua and Dubois twice apiece, how much more does Usyk have to prove?

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

One time I saw a tiny Joshua tree sapling growing not too far from the old tree.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

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