Yeshua is a Hebrew root term that means “save” or “salvation”. It is considered by some scholars to be the original name of Jesus Christ written in Hebrew. However, it is a topic under discussion, since the language spoken in the land where Jesus lived was Aramaic.
Some religionists consider that using the original name “Yeshua” to refer to Jesus would be correct. However, studies on the etymology of the term and its evolution from Hebrew show how changes in the proper name occurred.

In fact, Yeshua is a shortened form of Yehoshua, a Hebrew name that was translated into Portuguese as Josué. “Yeoshua” means “the Eternal saves”. In a certain biblical story, the figure of Joshua appears as the successor of Moses in the mission to lead the people of Israel to the land of Canaan.
The name that refers to Jesus, the Savior, appears written in the Bible sometimes as Yeshua, sometimes as Yehoshua.
In the Old Testament translations of the Bible into Greek, the names “Yeshua” and “Yehoshua” were transliterated into the single name “Iesous”, which was translated into Latin as “Iesus”.
Yeshua Hamashia is an Aramaic expression meaning “Jesus Christ, the Messiah”.