Synonyms:
Joshua, Josue, Book_of_Joshua
Meaning: a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses
Synonyms:
Joshua
Meaning: (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
Usage examples
John fled from under the yoke of Dr. Joshua R. Nelson.
Joshua Speed told the writers that on one occasion some of the Whigs contributed a purse of two hundred dollars which Speed handed to Lincoln to pay his personal expenses in the canvass.
John was the so-called property of Joshua O'Bear, "a fractious, hard-swearing man, and when mad would hit one of his slaves with anything he could get in his hands." John and his companion made the long journey on foot.
There must have been much speculation among these people as to what became of Moses until in some miraculous way Joshua was informed that the great leader was dead and that he must now take charge and lead the people across the Jordan into the Promised Land.