From Ancient Hebrew יֵשׁוּעַ. Cognate directly equivalent to Jesus via Latin Iēsus and Ancient Greek Ἰησοῦς from nearly identical Aramaic יֵשׁוּע. Cognate to Joshua from related variant Hebrew form יְהוֹשֻׁעַ.
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