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ἸησοῦςStrong’s G2424

Iēsous

Appears in 927 verses of the New Testament

In short

Iēsous is the Greek word usually translated “jesus”, “from jesus” and “joshua”. It appears in 927 verses of the New Testament.

“Paul, and Silvanus, and Timotheus, unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:”
2 Thessalonians 1:1 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “jesus”, “from jesus” and “joshua”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • jesus 880
  • of jesus 63
  • to jesus 15
  • from jesus 3
  • joshua 2
  • when jesus 1
  • of joshua 1
  • after jesus 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 241
  • Matthew 170
  • Luke 91
  • Mark 90
  • Acts 68
  • Romans 36

26 books in all.

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John 241
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James 2
1:12:1
2 John 2
1:31:7
Greek dictionary

Ἰησοῦς Iēsous · Jesus

Ἰησοῦς, -οῦ, dative, voc. -οῦ, accusative, -οῦν (Heb. יֵשׁוּעַ ,יְהֹשֻׁעַ ,יְהוֹשׁוּעַ), 1. JESUS: Mat.1:21, al.; ὁ Ἰ, ib. 3:13, al.; Ἰ. Χριστός, ib. 1:1, Mrk.1:1, al.; Χρ. Ἰ., Rom.2:26, al.; κύριος Ἰ., Act.28:31, al.; Ἰησοῦ, voc., Mrk.1:24, al. 2. Joshua: Act.7:45, Heb.4:8. 3. Jesus, son of Eliezer: Luk.3:28. 4. Jesus, surnamed Justus: Col.4:11. 5. see: βαραββᾶς. (AS)

Ἰησοῦς Iēsous · Joshua

Ἰωσή, see: Ἰωσῆς - -ῆ (Rec. -ή Luk.3:29; AV, Jose; see: Ἰησοῦς, 3), and -ῆτος (Mk, ll with), ὁ, Joses; 1. brother of our Lord: Mrk.6:3, Mat.13:55 (Rec., see: Ἰωσήφ). 2. Son of Mary: Mat.27:56 (-σήφ), WH, txt), Mrk.15:40, 47 3. see: Βαρνάβας.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.