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The etymology of the name "Jesus"

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The English name Jesus is derived from the Latin Iesus, itself a transliteration of the Greek Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs).[60] The Greek form is probably a rendering of the Hebrew and Aramaic name ישוע (Yēšūa), a shorter variant of the earlier Hebrew name יהושע (Yəhōšūa, English: "Joshua").
NAS Exhaustive Concordance:

Word Origin
from Yhvh and yasha
Definition
"the LORD is salvation," Moses' successor
Smith's Bible Dictionary:

Joshua (saviour, or whose help is Jehovah). His name appears in the various forms of HOSHEA, OSHEA, JEHOSHUA, JESHUA, and JESUS.
Here is the order of transliteration events:

  1. The original Hebrew form is "Yeshua" (ישוע) or "Yehoshua" (יהושע).
  2. At the time of Jesus, the Aramaic pronunciation was "Yeshua."
  3. Greek transliterated it to Ἰησοῦς. Greek didn't have a "sh" sound and added the -ς ending to masculinize the name, as was common for male names in Greek.
  4. From Greek, it passed into Latin as "Iesus."
  5. The English "Jesus" came from the Latin "Iesus." The letter J was originally pronounced like Y. The modern English pronunciation with a "j" sound developed later.
 
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