Usually means: Biblical name meaning "God saves."
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word Joshua:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. Joshua: Merriam-Webster
  2. Joshua: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. Joshua, Joshua: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. Joshua: Collins English Dictionary
  5. Joshua: Vocabulary.com
  6. Joshua, joshua: Wordnik
  7. Joshua: Wiktionary
  8. Joshua: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. Joshua: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. Joshua: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Joshua: Dictionary.com
  12. Joshua: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. Joshua (Dolly Parton album), Joshua (Handel), Joshua (album), Joshua (band), Joshua (composition), Joshua (disambiguation), Joshua (name), Joshua (oratorio), Joshua (song), Joshua: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  14. Joshua: Rhymezone
  15. Joshua: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  16. joshua: FreeDictionary.org
  17. joshua: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. Joshua: TheFreeDictionary.com
  19. joshua: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  20. Joshua: Merriam-Webster

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Joshua: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. baby names list (No longer online)
  2. JOSHUA: Acronym Finder
  3. AbbreviationZ (No longer online)

Religion (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Joshua: Easton Bible
  2. Joshua: Catholic Encyclopedia
  3. Joshua: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. JOSHUA: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Joshua)

▸ noun:  The sixth book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and a book of the Tanakh.
▸ noun:  (biblical) The son of Nun, Judge of Israel following Moses; author of the Book of Joshua; Quranic figure.
▸ noun:  A male given name from Hebrew.
▸ noun:  A city in Johnson County, Texas, United States, named after the biblical Joshua.
▸ noun:  A Joshua tree.

Similar:
Josue, Josh., Jos., Obadiah, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Judges, Joel, Micah, more...

Opposite:
caleb

Phrases:
Joshua Reynolds, Joshua tree, Joshua Nkomo, Joshua Logan, Joshua Lederberg, more...

Adjectives:
old, high, young, little, new, good, second, poor, great, true, biblical

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Similar:
Josue, Josh., Jos., Obadiah, Nehemiah, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Judges, Joel, Micah, more...

Opposite:
caleb

Phrases:
Joshua Reynolds, Joshua tree, Joshua Nkomo, Joshua Logan, Joshua Lederberg, joshua trees, Joshua Slocum, joshua barney, Joshua Chamberlain, joshua johnson, joshua bates, joshua sylvester, joshua humphreys, more...

Adjectives:
old, high, young, little, new, good, second, poor, great, true, biblical

Colors:
    desert sand,     sage green,     burnt sienna,     sandstone,     olive green, more...



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