The meaning of “הוֹשֵׁעַ”
Understanding Hôwshêaʻ reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea. - § Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation" - Hoshea, the name of five Israelites 1) family name of...
הוֹשֵׁעַ
Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea. - § Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation" - Hoshea, the name of five Israelites 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
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Numbers 13:16 | “These are the names of the men which Moses sent to spy out the land. And Moses called Oshea the son of Nun Jehoshua.” Word: הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hôwshêaʻ) | |
| Deuteronomy 32:44 | “And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.” Word: הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hôwshêaʻ) | |
| 2 Kings 17:6 | “In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.” Word: הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hôwshêaʻ) | |
| 1 Chronicles 27:20 | “Of the children of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Azaziah: of the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel the son of Pedaiah:” Word: הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hôwshêaʻ) | |
| Nehemiah 10:23 | “Hoshea, Hananiah, Hashub,” Word: הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hôwshêaʻ) |
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