Joshua的词源
英文词源
- Joshua
- masc. proper name, biblical successor of Moses, from Hebrew Yehoshua, literally "the Lord is salvation." Joshua tree (1867) is perhaps so called because its shape compared to pictures of Joshua brandishing a spear (Josh. viii:18). In the top 10 list of names for boys in the U.S. since 1979.
中文词源
常见人名，来自犹太先知Joshua,约书亚，摩西的继任者，来自希伯来语Yehoshua,来自Yeh-,主，上帝，缩写自Yahweh,Hoshea,拯救，拯救者。字面意思即上帝是拯救者。
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