Jehoshuah is a name found in the King James Bible, appearing 1 time in the text.
Who This Was
Jehoshuah is another name for Joshua, the man who led the Israelites in their conquest of Canaan. In the King James Bible, this form of the name appears only once, in the genealogy of the tribe of Ephraim recorded in 1 Chronicles 7. The chronicler traces the line of Ephraim down through several generations, and in that list we read, “Non his son, Jehoshuah his son” (1 Chronicles 7:27). This single verse places Jehoshuah at the end of a lineage: he is the son of Non, and he stands in the family record of Ephraim, one of the tribes of Israel.
The setting of this reference is a genealogy, not a narrative. The books of Chronicles were written to preserve Israel’s family lines, especially those of the tribes, and the passage in 1 Chronicles 7 lists descendants of Ephraim. Within that list, Jehoshuah appears simply as a name in a chain of fathers and sons. Scripture records nothing else about him in this verse—no deed, no word, no event. His entire appearance in the King James text is his name and his place in the line.
What Scripture says of him, then, is brief: he was the son of Non, and he belonged to the descendants of Ephraim. The source note identifies him with Joshua, the leader of the conquest of Canaan, but the verse itself gives only his name and his lineage. The entry is a reminder that even a single line in a long list preserves a real person within the story of God’s people.
The Name
Jehoshuah is a form of the Hebrew name Joshua, which is well established in meaning. The name is built from elements meaning “the LORD” and “salvation” or “deliverance,” so it is commonly understood as “The LORD is salvation” or “The LORD saves.” This is the same name that appears in the Old Testament as Joshua and in the New Testament, in its Greek form, as Jesus. The spelling “Jehoshuah” in 1 Chronicles 7:27 is a variant of that same name, and its meaning is not in doubt.
A Closing Thought
Most of us will never be remembered in a long list of names. Yet Jehoshuah’s single verse reminds us that God keeps His own record. A man may appear only once in Scripture, with no deeds recorded and no words preserved, and still be known to the God who called His people by name. Faithfulness is not measured by how much of our story is written down, but by the fact that we belong to the line of those who are called by the LORD who saves.
At a Glance
- Gender: Male
- Testament: Old
- Mentions in the KJV: 1
Where It Appears in Scripture
- 1 Chronicles 7:27 — Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.