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Joshua

[ US /ˈdʒɑˌʃuə/ ]
NOUN
  1. (Old Testament) Moses' successor who led the Israelites into the Promised Land; best remembered for his destruction of Jericho
  2. a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses

How To Use Joshua In A Sentence

  • Since I appeared on the A.B.C. my 8 year old grandson Joshua has started mimicking me, I think it's great!
  • Australia was disqualified in qualifying for an exchange violation between its first and second legs — from backstroker Joshua Watson to breaststroker Jim Piper. USATODAY.com - Phelps finishes with another world record
  • It was a responsible situation he felt for a boy of thirteen, and he meant to do his very best to keep it now that he had been lucky enough to get it; in the far-off future, too, he saw himself no longer the van-boy, but in the proud position now occupied by Joshua as driver, and this he considered, though a lofty, was by no means an unreasonable ambition. Our Frank and other stories
  • Joshua hoped that Malone had learnt wisdom with his advancing years.
  • The Jews seem to have performed the rite of circumcision with flint implements, for we read in Exodus that Zipporah, the wife of Moses, took a sharp stone for that purpose; and the phrase translated "sharp knives" in Joshua v. 2 -- "At that time the Lord said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time" -- should be translated, as in the marginal reference, _knives of flint_. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood
  • We waited a good fifteen minutes into the movie before I poked Joshua and the two of us snuck out. WEB OF DREAMS
  • Joshua was one of five babies born to sailors serving on Melbourne while she was absent.
  • Joshua drove a Triumph sports car with a hole in its muffler: ‘Joshua's Triumph was heard throughout the land.’
  • At the funeral of Sir Joshua Reynolds in 1792, his body was borne to its resting place in St Paul's Cathedral by no less than three dukes, two marquesses, three earls, a viscount and a baron.
  • Secondo Joshua Benton, principale artefice di NiemanLab, cinque dollari al mese non sono assolutamente ... Dear New York Times: Please charge me more than $5 for your web site. » Nieman Journalism Lab
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