הוֹשֵׁעַ

Strong’s Definition

Hoshea, the name of five Israelites

Etymology & Derivation

from H3467 (יָשַׁע); deliverer;

KJV Usage

Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: Hôwshêaʻ; Pronunciation: ho-shay'-ah