joshua
n. countablen. a common male name from the Bible. It is often shortened to Josh in casual conversation.
n. a masculine given name of Hebrew origin, meaning 'Yahweh is salvation'. In a biblical context, it refers to the leader who succeeded Moses.
Joshua is starting his new job on Monday.
The teacher called on Joshua to answer the question about the solar system.
In the Old Testament, Joshua is depicted as a military leader who led the Israelites into the Promised Land after their long journey through the wilderness.
From Biblical Hebrew יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (Yehoshúa'), perhaps from הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hoshéa') with addition of יהוה (YHWH, “Yahweh”), thus meaning "Yahweh is salvation". See הוֹשִׁיעַ (hoshía', “to save”). By cognate a direct equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsūs and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs) from Aramaic יֵשׁוּע (Yēšū́ʿ), akin to Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ (Yeshúa'), a variant of Yehoshúa'. The Greek Septuagint translation of the Hebrew Bible and the Greek New Testament consistently render the two Hebrew names Yehoshúa' (whence Joshua) and Yeshúa' (whence Jeshua) into Koine Greek as Iēsoûs (whence Jesus).
As a proper noun, it is typically capitalized and used without an article unless referring to a specific person among others with the same name.