Lexical Definition

‎הוֹשֵׁעַ‎ Hôwshêaʻ (ho-shay'-ah) Hoshea ^N:N-M-P
from ‎יָשַׁע‎; deliverer

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

See Greek: Ὡσηέ

Extended Information

name of: יְהוֹשׁוּעַ

• A man of the tribe of Ephraim living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness and Israel before the Monarchy, first mentioned at Exo.17.9
• son of: Nun (נוּן); also called Hoshea (KJV: Oshea) at Num.13.8 Jeshua at Neh.8.17
• Another name of ye.ho.shu.a (‎י‎ְ‎הו‎ֹ‎ש‎ׁ‎ו‎ּ‎ע‎ַ "Joshua" יְהוֹשׁוּעַ)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎הוֺשֵׁעַ‎ proper name, masculine (salvation; on form, compare ‎הַשְׁמֵד‎ ‎הַמְשֵׁל‎ on pronunciation see Hpt^{ZA ii, 261 Anm. 2} Jager^{BAS 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.

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