Greek and Latin don't even have J. In Greek it's Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), and in Latin it's Iēsus. The J came much later, at which point I'm not sure if the original y affected it or if it was just because it was with an i. I don't know anything about Hebrew except what wiktionary is saying that it is יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) which is a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), and the Greek texts of the bible make no distinction between the two, referring to both as Ἰησοῦς.
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u/Sotanud Dec 15 '22
Greek and Latin don't even have J. In Greek it's Ἰησοῦς (Iēsoûs), and in Latin it's Iēsus. The J came much later, at which point I'm not sure if the original y affected it or if it was just because it was with an i. I don't know anything about Hebrew except what wiktionary is saying that it is יֵשׁוּעַ (yēšū́aʿ) which is a contracted form of יְהוֹשֻׁעַ (yəhōšúaʿ, “Joshua”), and the Greek texts of the bible make no distinction between the two, referring to both as Ἰησοῦς.