2001 Translation

IĒSOUS, iēsous

Sounds Like: ee-ay-SOOS

Translations: Jesus, Joshua

From the root: ἸΗΣΟΥΣ

Part of Speech: Proper Noun

Explanation: This is a proper name, transliterated from the Hebrew name Yeshua or Yehoshua. It refers to the central figure of Christianity, Jesus Christ, or to Joshua, the successor of Moses in the Old Testament. It is used to identify a specific individual.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative

Strong’s number: G2424 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:48, 1:49

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 8:2, 12:10, 15:9

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:18, 12:10

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 16:2, 42:1, 49:6, 58:2, 59:4

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 3:3
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 4:1, 8:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 8:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 8:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 9:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 9:2, 10:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 3:2, 4:1, 5:1, 7:2, 16:2, 17:2, 18:2, 20:1, 21:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 3:1, 5:1, 8:2, 11:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 7:1, 13:2, 15:1

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 14:308
• Book 4 — 7:165, 8:186, 8:311, 8:324
• Book 5 — 1:1, 1:15, 1:17, 1:20, 1:22, 1:24, 1:30, 1:32, 1:34, 1:35, 1:38, 1:42, 1:45, 1:47, 1:48, 1:55, 1:56, 1:60, 1:61, 1:62, 1:67, 1:68, 1:71, 1:76, 1:80, 1:88, 1:90, 1:103, 1:114
• Book 6 — 6:129
• Book 7 — 12:294
• Book 9 — 10:207
• Book 11 — 3:73, 4:75, 4:86, 4:90, 7:298, 7:299
• Book 12 — 5:238, 5:239
• Book 18 — 3:63
• Book 20 — 9:213, 10:234

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 21:15
• Book Three — 9:42
• Book Four — 3:40, 4:15, 4:47, 5:18
• Book Six — 2:22, 5:30, 8:14

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 23:1, 34:1, 35:1, 42:1, 46:1, 63:1, 66:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:5, 0:7
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 24:2, 32:3, 41:1, 47:5, 49:3, 52:3, 53:2, 62:5, 75:1, 75:2, 83:4, 85:4, 85:7, 89:1, 97:4, 106:3, 111:1, 112:4, 113:1, 113:3, 113:4, 113:6, 115:3, 116:2, 116:3, 117:1, 120:4, 134:6

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 12:66, 22:109, 27:134, 41:204, 53:271, 54:278, 57:294, 57:295, 58:300

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 8:1
• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 22:3

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 1:2, 5:4, 14:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 17:10, 17:13, 24:13, 24:15, 32:17, 33:11
• Numbers — 11:28, 14:6, 14:30, 14:38, 26:65, 32:12, 34:17
• Deuteronomy — 1:38, 31:3, 31:14, 32:44, 34:9
• Joshua — 1:10, 1:12, 2:1, 3:1, 3:5, 3:6, 3:9, 4:4, 4:9, 4:10, 4:17, 4:20, 5:3, 5:4, 5:5, 5:7, 5:13, 5:14, 6:6, 6:10, 6:12, 6:16, 6:21, 6:22, 6:25, 6:26, 7:2, 7:6, 7:7, 7:16, 7:19, 7:22, 7:24, 7:25, 8:3, 8:9, 8:10, 8:15, 8:18, 8:21, 8:24, 8:28, 8:29, 9:3, 9:5, 9:7, 9:8, 9:14, 9:21, 9:28, 9:32, 9:33, 10:1, 10:7, 10:9, 10:12, 10:18, 10:20, 10:22, 10:24, 10:25, 10:26, 10:27, 10:29, 10:31, 10:33, 10:34, 10:36, 10:38, 10:40, 10:42, 11:7, 11:9, 11:10, 11:12, 11:15, 11:16, 11:18, 11:21, 11:23, 12:7, 13:1, 14:1, 14:13, 15:13, 17:15, 17:17, 18:3, 18:8, 18:10, 19:51, 21:12, 21:42, 22:1, 22:6, 22:7, 22:34, 23:1, 23:2, 24:1, 24:2, 24:19, 24:22, 24:25, 24:26, 24:27, 24:28, 24:29
• Judges — 2:6, 2:8, 2:21
• 2 Samuel — 20:25
• 1 Chronicles — 2:38, 18:16
• 2 Chronicles — 31:15
• Ezra (Alpha) — 5:5, 5:47, 5:54, 5:56, 5:67, 6:2, 8:62, 9:48
• Ezra (Beta) — 2:2, 3:2, 3:8, 3:9, 4:3, 5:2
• Nehemiah — 8:7, 9:4, 9:5, 10:9, 12:10
• 1 Maccabees — 2:55
• Odes — 14:25
• Sirach — 0:6, 43:23, 46:1, 49:12, 50:27
• Haggai — 1:12
• Zechariah — 3:3, 3:8

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 1:16, 3:13, 3:15, 3:16, 4:1, 4:7, 4:10, 4:17, 7:28, 8:4, 8:10, 8:13, 8:14, 8:18, 8:20, 9:2, 9:4, 9:9, 9:15, 9:19, 9:23, 9:28, 9:30, 9:35, 10:5, 11:1, 11:4, 11:7, 11:25, 12:1, 12:15, 13:1, 13:34, 13:53, 13:57, 14:13, 14:31, 15:21, 15:28, 15:29, 15:32, 15:34, 16:6, 16:8, 16:13, 16:17, 16:21, 16:24, 17:1, 17:7, 17:9, 17:17, 17:18, 17:22, 17:25, 17:26, 18:22, 19:1, 19:14, 19:18, 19:21, 19:23, 19:26, 19:28, 20:17, 20:22, 20:25, 20:30, 20:32, 20:34, 21:1, 21:6, 21:11, 21:12, 21:16, 21:21, 21:24, 21:31, 21:42, 22:1, 22:18, 22:20, 22:29, 22:41, 23:1, 24:1, 24:4, 26:1, 26:10, 26:19, 26:26, 26:31, 26:34, 26:36, 26:50, 26:52, 26:55, 26:63, 26:64, 27:11, 27:37, 27:46, 27:50, 28:9, 28:10, 28:16, 28:18
• Mark — 1:9, 1:14, 1:17, 1:25, 2:5, 2:8, 2:17, 2:19, 3:7, 5:20, 5:30, 5:36, 6:4, 8:27, 9:2, 9:23, 9:25, 9:27, 9:39, 10:5, 10:14, 10:18, 10:21, 10:23, 10:24, 10:27, 10:29, 10:32, 10:38, 10:39, 10:42, 10:47, 10:49, 10:51, 10:52, 11:6, 11:22, 11:29, 11:33, 12:17, 12:24, 12:29, 12:34, 12:35, 13:2, 13:5, 14:6, 14:18, 14:27, 14:30, 14:48, 14:62, 14:72, 15:5, 15:34, 15:37
• Luke — 2:21, 2:43, 2:52, 3:23, 4:1, 4:4, 4:8, 4:12, 4:14, 4:35, 5:10, 5:22, 5:31, 5:34, 6:3, 6:9, 7:6, 7:9, 7:40, 8:30, 8:39, 8:45, 8:46, 8:50, 9:36, 9:41, 9:42, 9:47, 9:50, 9:58, 9:62, 10:30, 10:37, 13:12, 13:14, 14:3, 17:17, 18:16, 18:19, 18:22, 18:24, 18:37, 18:40, 18:42, 19:5, 19:9, 20:8, 20:34, 22:48, 22:51, 22:52, 23:28, 23:34, 23:46, 24:15
• John — 1:38, 1:43, 1:44, 1:48, 1:49, 1:51, 2:2, 2:4, 2:7, 2:11, 2:13, 2:19, 2:22, 2:24, 3:3, 3:5, 3:10, 3:22, 4:1, 4:2, 4:6, 4:7, 4:10, 4:13, 4:17, 4:21, 4:26, 4:34, 4:44, 4:47, 4:48, 4:50, 4:53, 4:54, 5:1, 5:6, 5:8, 5:13, 5:14, 5:15, 5:19, 6:1, 6:3, 6:5, 6:10, 6:11, 6:15, 6:17, 6:22, 6:24, 6:26, 6:29, 6:32, 6:35, 6:42, 6:43, 6:53, 6:61, 6:64, 6:67, 7:1, 7:6, 7:14, 7:16, 7:21, 7:28, 7:33, 7:37, 7:39, 8:12, 8:14, 8:19, 8:25, 8:28, 8:31, 8:34, 8:39, 8:42, 8:49, 8:54, 8:58, 8:59, 9:3, 9:11, 9:14, 9:35, 9:37, 9:39, 9:41, 10:6, 10:7, 10:23, 10:25, 10:32, 10:34, 11:4, 11:5, 11:9, 11:13, 11:14, 11:17, 11:20, 11:23, 11:25, 11:30, 11:32, 11:33, 11:35, 11:38, 11:39, 11:40, 11:41, 11:44, 11:46, 11:51, 11:54, 12:1, 12:7, 12:12, 12:14, 12:16, 12:23, 12:30, 12:35, 12:36, 12:44, 13:1, 13:7, 13:8, 13:10, 13:21, 13:23, 13:26, 13:27, 13:29, 13:31, 13:36, 13:38, 14:6, 14:9, 14:23, 16:19, 16:31, 17:1, 18:1, 18:2, 18:4, 18:5, 18:8, 18:11, 18:20, 18:23, 18:34, 18:36, 18:37, 19:5, 19:9, 19:11, 19:19, 19:20, 19:26, 19:28, 20:2, 20:14, 20:15, 20:16, 20:17, 20:19, 20:24, 20:26, 20:29, 20:30, 20:31, 21:1, 21:4, 21:5, 21:7, 21:10, 21:12, 21:13, 21:14, 21:15, 21:20, 21:22, 21:23
• Acts — 1:1, 1:11, 1:21, 6:14, 9:5, 9:17, 9:34, 17:3, 22:8, 26:15
• Romans — 8:34
• 1 Corinthians — 3:11, 8:6, 11:23, 12:3
• 2 Corinthians — 1:19, 13:5
• Galatians — 3:1
• Philippians — 2:11
• Colossians — 4:11
• 1 Thessalonians — 3:11, 4:14
• 2 Thessalonians — 2:8, 2:16
• 1 Timothy — 1:15, 1:16, 2:5
• Hebrews — 4:8, 6:20, 7:22, 13:8, 13:12
• 2 Peter — 1:14
• 1 John — 2:22, 4:15, 5:1, 5:5, 5:6
• Revelation — 22:16

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἸΗΣΟΥΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΑΥ̓ΣΗΝ — Joshua
• ἸΕΣΟΥ — Jesus, (of) Jesus, (to) Jesus
• ἸΕΣΟΥΕΙ — (to) Jesus
• ἸΗ — Jesus
• ἸΗΟΥΝ — Jesus
• ἸΗΣ — Joshua, Jesus
• ἸΗΣΟΥ — of Jesus, to Jesus, of Joshua, to Joshua
• ἸΗΣΟΥΝ — Jesus, Joshua
• ἸΗΣΟΥΝΕΙ — Jesus

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