הוֹשֵׁעַ

Detailed Definition

• 1family name of joshua, the son of nun
• 2the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of israel
• 3son of beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of israel in the reign of jeroboam ii
• 4a son of azaziah, a chief of ephraim in the time of david
• 5an israelite chief who sealed the covenant with nehemiah