Mordochai -- excellent post, thank you.

Isn't it true that even as shortened names appeared that boys were still also named Yeoshua?  (Meaning that even as shortened names may have appeared, the older names were also used).

I want to paste information from your last post for Hannah:

Yéshu'a” becomes Ἰησοῦας (Iēsouas) aka Jesuas
Yéshu” becomes Ἰησοῦς (Iēsous)  aka Jesus

יְשׁוּעָה  (pronounced “y'shu'ah”)  is the feminine noun for salvation.

סופי

And everything that Sarah tells you, listen to her voice. Bereshit (Genesis) 21:12