n.
Pronunciation: ' jä-sh( ə -)w ə
Function: noun
Etymology: Hebrew Y ĕ h ō sh ū a'
Date: before 12th century
1 : the divinely commissioned successor of Moses and military leader of the Israelites during the conquest of Canaan according to the account in the book of Joshua
2 : a mainly narrative book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture ― see BIBLE table