Bible Person

Jeshua

Meaning: same as Joshua · Male · 2 cross references

This Jeshua entry refers to the returnee house or family grouping associated with Joab in Ezra and Nehemiah, not to Jeshua son of Jozadak or other better-known figures of the same name. It belongs to the household-level repopulation of Judah after exile. First appears in Ezra 2:6.1

AI summary: This Jeshua matters because the cross references place the name among the families who returned to rebuild communal life in the land. Even when a name is more famous elsewhere, here it functions as a family marker within the broader social recovery of Judah. Taken together, the material presents this Jeshua as a returnee house contributing to the restored community.1

Central Figure

Jeshua

Meaning: same as Joshua

Ezra 2:6; Neh.