Person
Hosea
Hoshea
הוֹשֵׁעַ
Salvation.
Hosea’s marriage becomes a sign of Yahweh’s covenant love for unfaithful Israel.
Strong’s
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הוֹשֵׁעַ H1954
Hôwshêaʻ · ho-shay'-ah
Hoshea, the name of five Israelites
Brown-Driver-Briggs
Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.
הוֺשֵׁעַ H1954
הוֺשֵׁעַ proper name, masculine (salvation; on form, compare הַשְׁמֵד הַמְשֵׁל on pronunciation see HptZA ii, 261 Anm. 2 JagerBAS i, 468) — 1. original name of Joshua according to Num 13:8; Num 13:16 (P), ᵐ5 Αυση, compare Deut 32:44 (J; probably error, see Dr), ᵐ5 Ιησους, see יְהוֺשׁוּעַ above
2. last king of Israel 2Kgs 15:30; 2Kgs 17:1; 2Kgs 17:3; 2Kgs 17:4; 2Kgs 17:6; 2Kgs 18:1; 2Kgs 18:9; 2Kgs 18:10, ᵐ5 Ωσηε.
3. the prophet Hosea Hos 1:1; Hos 1:2 (twice in verse), ᵐ5 Ωσηε.
4. an Ephraimite chief under David 1Chr 27:20, ᵐ5 Ωση(ε).
5. a chief under Nehemiah Neh 10:24, ᵐ5 Ωσηθα, Ωσηε.