a savior; a deliverer
(same as Jehoshua, Jeshua, Joshua)
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary
Joshua's original name (Num_13:8). (See JOSHUA.) His faith, in contrast to the unbelieving spies, procured for him the addition of Jehovah's name to his own (Num_14:6-10; Deu_32:44), "Jah his salvation."
Fausset's Bible Dictionary
By Andrew Robert Fausset, co-Author of Jamieson, Fausset and Brown's 1888.
O'she-a. (salvation). See Joshua.
Smith's Bible Dictionary
By Dr. William Smith.Published in 1863
ṓ-shē?a, ō?shḗ-a (the Revised Version (British and American) ?Hoshea? (Num_13:8, Num_13:16)): The original name of Joshua, the son of Nun, changed by Moses (Num_13:16) from Hoshea (hōshēa‛, ?help?) to Joshua (yehōshūa‛, ?help of Yahweh?). See JOSHUA.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Oshea
(Heb. Hoshe'a, הוֹשֵׁעִ; Sept. Αὐσή; Vulg. Osee), another form (Num_13:8) of the name of JOSHUA SEE JOSHUA (q.v.), the son of Nun.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.