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BOOK OF JOSHUA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Book of Joshua mean?
• BOOK OF JOSHUA (noun)
The noun BOOK OF JOSHUA has 1 sense:
1. a book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses
Familiarity information: BOOK OF JOSHUA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book in the Old Testament describing how Joshua led the Israelites into Canaan (the Promised Land) after the death of Moses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Instance hypernyms:
book (a major division of a long written composition)
Holonyms ("Book of Joshua" is a part of...):
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
Nebiim; Prophets (the second of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures)
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