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Josua Tuisova August 2015
Josua or Jozua is a male given name and a variation of the Hebrew name Yeshua. Notable people with this name include: * Josua Bühler (1895–1983), Swiss philatelist *Josua de Grave (1643–1712), Dutch draughtsman and painter * Josua Harrsch (1669–1719), German missionary * Josua Hoffalt (born 1984), French ballet dancer * Josua Järvinen (1871–1948), Finnish politician *Josua Koroibulu (born 1982), Fijian rugby league footballer *Josua Heschel Kuttner (–1878), Jewish Orthodox scholar and rabbi * Josua Lindahl (1844–1912), Swedish-American geologist and paleontologist * Josua Maaler (1529–1599), Swiss pastor and lexicographer * Josua Mateinaniu (), Fijian missionary * Josua Mejías (born 1997), Venezuelan footballer * Johann Josua Mosengel (1663–1731), German pipe organ builder * Jozua Naudé (other), several people * Josua Swanepoel (born 1983), South African cricketer *Josua Tuisova (born 1994), Fijian rugby union player *Josua Vakurunabili (born 1992), Fijia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yeshua
Yeshua or Y'shua (; with vowel pointing he, יֵשׁוּעַ, Yēšūaʿ, labels=no) was a common alternative form of the name Yehoshua ( he, יְהוֹשֻׁעַ, Yəhōšūaʿ, Joshua, labels=no) in later books of the Hebrew Bible and among Jews of the Second Temple period. The name corresponds to the Greek spelling (), from which, through the Latin /, comes the English spelling Jesus. The Hebrew spelling () appears in some later books of the Hebrew Bible. Once for Joshua the son of Nun, and 28 times for Joshua the High Priest and other priests called Jeshua – although these same priests are also given the spelling Joshua in 11 further instances in the books of Haggai and Zechariah. It differs from the usual Hebrew Bible spelling of Joshua (, ), found 218 times in the Hebrew Bible, in the absence of the consonant () and placement of the semivowel () after, not before, the consonant (). It also differs from the Hebrew spelling () which is found in and used in most secu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josua Mateinaniu
Josua Mateinaniu was a preacher and catechist (teacher) in the Methodist Church of Fiji and Rotuma. A wanderer and a sailor at first, he drifted in his travels to Tonga, where he became a Christian. Life In 1835, Mateinaniu helped William Cross anDavid Cargillin their linguistic preparations for the mission to Fiji. He became a preacher and came back to his own land with Cross and Cargill, and was himself a most important factor in the missionary impact made on Lakeba from the start. He went ahead of the first missionaries to Somosomo, and preached there with some success among the Tongans, who were in the service of Tui Cakau at that time, thus making it possible for Hunt and Lyth, to establish that station. Of Mateinaniu, Cargill wrote the following in his wife, Margaret's memoirs: He preached in Bau regularly, long before it was really opened to white missionaries. At the time of Hunt's death, he was stationed at Viwa; he and his wife personally cared for Hunt's family durin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josua Vici
Josua Vici (born 20 February 1994) is a Fijian professional rugby union player. He plays as a winger for the US Colomiers in Pro D2 having previously played for the Houston SaberCats in Major League Rugby and previously for the Fiji 7s team internationally. Vici is from Niudua in Kadavu Province. In 2016 he was selected for the training squad for the 2016 Olympics, but was dropped from the squad. In 2017 he was selected for the Fiji national rugby sevens team The Fiji National Rugby Sevens Team has competed in the World Rugby Sevens Series, Rugby World Cup Sevens and the Olympics. Fiji won the gold medal in the inaugural rugby sevens at the Summer Olympics in 2016 in Br ... as a replacement for Savenaca Rawaca. References 1994 births Living people Expatriate rugby union players in the United States Fijian expatriate rugby union players Fijian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Houston SaberCats players People from Kadav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josua Vakurunabili
Josua Vakurunabili (born 10 June 1992) is a Fijian rugby union player. Biography Vakurunabili is from Vatukarasa Village in the Nadroga Navosa Province. He made his senior international debut at the London Sevens in 2017. He was named in the Dream Team at the 2019 Singapore Sevens tournament. He was named in the winning Fiji squad for the Rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Vakurunabili was part of the Fiji sevens team that won a silver medal at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. A month later, he won a gold medal at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens in Cape Town Cape Town ( af, Kaapstad; , xh, iKapa) is one of South Africa's three capital cities, serving as the seat of the Parliament of South Africa. It is the legislative capital of the country, the oldest city in the country, and the second largest .... References External links * 1992 births Living people Fijian rugby union players Fijian rugby sevens players Olympic rugby sevens players for Fiji Rugby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josua Tuisova
Josua Tuisova Ratulevu (born 4 February 1994) is a Fijian rugby union player. A wing or centre, he currently plays for Racing 92 in France's Top 14. He won a gold medal in sevens as part of the Fiji team at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Known for his strong running and physical play, he is nicknamed "Human Bulldozer" and "The Bus". He began his career in Fiji playing sevens for Westfield Barbarians, captained by his older brother and ex-Fiji sevens player, Pio Tuwai. He made his international sevens debut for Fiji in the 2013 Wellington Sevens against Scotland at rover. In July 2013, he was signed by French Top 14 club RC Toulonnais (Toulon). He made his debut against Racing Métro 92 in August, and scored his first try against Bayonne. In May 2015, he signed a four-year deal to stay at Toulon. Honours * Winner of the 2013–14 Top 14 * Winner of the 2013–14 Heineken Cup * Winner of the 2014–15 ERC Cup * Olympic Gold Medallist for Fiji sevens at the 2016 Rio Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josua Swanepoel
Josua Swanepoel (born 27 May 1983) is a South African cricketer. He played in one first-class match for Boland in 2007. See also * List of Boland representative cricketers This is a list of all cricketers who have played first-class, List A List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day Internat ... References External links * 1983 births Living people South African cricketers Boland cricketers Cricketers from Durban {{SouthAfrica-cricket-bio-1980s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jozua Naudé (other) , South African pastor, school founder and co-founder of the Afrikaner Broederbond
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Jozua Naudé may refer to: * Jozua Naudé (politician), acting state president of South Africa 1967–68 *Jozua Naudé (pastor) Jozua Francois Naudé (20 March 1873 – 28 August 1948) was a South African pastor, school founder and co-founder of the Afrikaner Broederbond. Roots Naudé was born on 20 March 1873 in Middelburg Cape Province South Africa. His parents were J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johann Josua Mosengel
Johann Josua Mosengel (September 16, 1663 – January 18, 1731) was a German pipe organ builder. Biography Mosengel was born in 1663 in either Stolzenau or in Eisenach. He created his first independent work in 1695 in Hanover. He then went to Königsberg, Prussia, in 1698 and installed an organ at the Burgkirche between 1698 and 1701 and was responsible for many others in the East Prussia region. He died in Königsberg. A possible son or nephew Gabriel Julius Mosengel (aka Moosengel), also a pipe organ builder, was active in Kuldiga (then Courland, now Latvia) from 1710 until 1730. During his lifetime Mosengel made about 40 organs and about 20 modifications to existing ones. Few of his works survived the Second World War; in former East Prussia there are only the works in Święta Lipka and in the Evangelical Church of Pasym Pasym (; german: Passenheim) is a small town in Szczytno County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, Poland, with a total population (as of 30 June 2016) of 2, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josua Mejías
Josua Antonio Mejías García (born 9 June 1997) is a Venezuelan footballer who plays as a central defender for Super League 2 club Athens Kallithea FC. Career Mejías came through the academy of local side Carabobo and made his first team debut at age 18 in July 2015. He would make 36 total league appearances (31 starts) for the club over the next two years, until he was acquired by Leganés in September 2017. Leganés were then playing in La Liga, and they would send Mejías out on loan to gain his first European experience. After three seasons in the Spanish third tier with Cartagena, Gimnàstic, and Atlético Madrid B, Mejías moved up to the Segunda División with Málaga in the 2020/21 season, making 21 appearances during the year for the Andalusian club. Mejías’ next loan was to Beitar Jerusalem. After making 15 league appearances in the 2021/22 season, Beitar would acquire Mejías from Leganés on a permanent transfer in August 2022. In the 2022/23 season, Mejías ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josua Maaler
Josua Maaler (also ''Maler, Mahler'', Latinized ''Pictorius''; 1529–1599) was a Swiss pastor and lexicographer. He was the author of the first dictionary which focussed exclusively on the German language, published in Zürich as ''Die Teütsch Spraach'' in 1561. Maaler followed the ''Dictionarium Latinogermanicum'' by Petrus Dasypodius (1536) in giving the German lemmas alphabetically, as opposed to the earlier ''Dictionarium Latino-Germanicum'' by Johannes Fries, which gave German glosses on Latin lemmas. Works * ''Die Teütsch spraach: alle wörter, namen, und arten zuo reden in Hochteütscher spraach: dem ABC nach ordenlich gestellt, unnd mit guotem Latein gantz fleissig unnd eigentlich vertolmetscht, dergleychen bishär nie gesähen. durch Josua Maaler … ='' ''Dictionarum Germanicolatinum novum: hoc est, Linguae Teutonicae, superioris praesentim, thesaurus: in quo omnes fere Germanicae dictiones atque locutiones ordine Alphabeti enumerantur, et Latine ex probatiss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meertens Institute
The Meertens Institute (Dutch ''Meertens Instituut'') in Amsterdam is a research institute for Dutch language and culture within the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (''Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen'' or KNAW). Its two departments are ''Dutch ethnology'', focusing on indigenous and exotic cultures in the Netherlands and their interaction, and ''Variation'', focusing on structural, dialectal, and sociolinguistic research on language variation within the Netherlands, with an emphasis on grammar and onomastic variety. History The institute began in 1930 as a Dialect Office; the Folklore office was added in 1940, and Onomastics Office in 1948. These three bureaus came under the umbrella of the Central Commission for Dutch Social Research. The Secretary of the three bureaus, P.J. Meertens, was the first director and retired in 1965. The institute was renamed ''PJ Meertens Institute'' in 1979. In 1998 it was renamed as simply the Meertens Institut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josua Lindahl
Johan Harald Josua (Joshua) Lindahl (January 1, 1844 – April 19, 1912) was a Swedish American geologist and paleontologist. He was a professor at Augustana College from 1878 to 1888, then was Illinois State Geologist until 1893. He is the namesake of the extinct Cyprinidae subspecies ''Aphelichthys lindahlii''. and the extinct Medullosales ''Neuropteris lindahli'' named by David_White_(geologist) Biography Johan Harald Josua Lindahl was born in Kungsbacka, Halland County, Sweden. He was the son of a Lutheran minister. When his father died in 1854, he was sent to Karlshamn, Blekinge County, to live with relatives. Lindahl attended Lund University, graduating in 1863. He supported himself through tutorship of the noble Essen family. He studied with conchologist John Gwyn Jeffreys on his Atlantic Ocean deep sea surveys in 1870. The following year, Lindahl was part of an expedition to Greenland to retrieve natural blocks of iron. In 1872, he was named an assistant of the Roya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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