YESHUA IN THE HEBREW SCRIPTURES

"Jesus" is "Yeshua" in Hebrew.
The English word "Jesus" comes from the older English word Iesou, or Iesus. (There was no "J" in English until early in the 17th Century).
"Iesou"1 is from the earlier Greek; the "I" pronounced as a "Y" in English. The Greek Septuagint (LXX)2 was the original Hebrew transliterated into Greek as Iesou.
From this, we learn that Iesou (Jesus' Name), therefore, was originally Yeshua in Hebrew. According to the LXX, Iesou: "Yeshua" was Joshuas' name. "Yeshua" corresponds to words # 3442, #3443 and #3444 in Strong's Concordance.
The New Testament uses Joshuas' name as the LXX has it. Joshua was a "type" of Messiah Yeshua. Yeshua (Joshua) led the children of Israel into the Promised Land because Moses, although permitted to look upon it, could not go. Only those that followed Joshua ("Yeshua") entered.

THE PASSAGES

"I have waited for Thy Yeshua O L-RD." Genesis 49:18
"Stand still, and see the Yeshua of the L-RD." Exodus 14:13
"...and He is become my Yeshua, He (is) my G-d." Exodus 15:2
"...lightly esteemed the Rock his Yeshua." Deuteronomy 32:15
"...because I rejoiced in Thy Yeshua." I Samuel 2:1
"...who has wrought this great Yeshua..." I Samuel 14:45
"(He is) the tower of his Yeshua for his king..." II Samuel 22:51
"...show forth from day to day His Yeshua..." I Chronicles 16:23
"...and see the Yeshua of the L-RD..." II Chronicles 20:17
"He also (shall be) my Yeshua:... Job 13:16
"Yeshua belongs to the L-RD..." Psalm 3:8
"...I will rejoice in Thy Yeshua." Psalm 9:14
""...my heart shall rejoice in Thy Yeshua." Psalm 13:5
"Oh that the Yeshua of Israel (were come)..." Psalm 14:7
"We shall rejoice in Thy Yeshua..." Psalm 20:5
"In Thy Yeshua how greatly shall he rejoice." Psalm 21:1
"His Glory is great in Thy Yeshua..." Psalm 21:5
"...say unto my soul, I (am) Thy Yeshua." Psalm 35:2
"...my soul, it shall rejoice in His Yeshua." Psalm 35:9
"Oh that the Yeshua of Israel (were come)." Psalm 53:6
"...upon G-d: from Him cometh my Yeshua." Psalm 62:1
"He only (is) my Rock and my Yeshua;" Psalms Psalm 62:2
"Blessed (be) the L-RD; G-d of our Yeshua." Psalm 68:19
"...let Thy Yeshua, O G-d, set me up on High." Psalm 69:29
"...let such as love Thy Yeshua continually..." Psalm 70:4
"...working Yeshua in the midst of the earth..." Psalm 74:12
"Because they trusted not in His Yeshua." Psalm 78:22
"O L-RD G-D of my Yeshua, I have cried..." Psalm 88:1
"...my G-d and the Rock of my Yeshua." Psalm 89:26

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FOOTNOTES

[1]The Greek language has another word for being Saved also: "sozo". The translators of the New Testament did not use this word, but specifically tranliterated the Hebrew word "Yeshua" to "Iesou" in the text. There is no known explanation for this except very possibly to tell us His Hebrew Name.

Iesou" is NOT a Greek word.

[2]Go HERE for the LXX.