הוֹשֵׁעַHôwshêaʻ

proper name, masculine: salvation

Pronunciation: ho-shay'-ah · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H1954

Meanings

1. original name of Joshua (Numbers 13:8; Numbers 13:16; Deuteronomy 32:44)

2. last king of Israel (2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 17:1; 2 Kings 17:3)

3. the prophet Hosea (Hosea 1:1; Hosea 1:2)

4. an Ephraimite chief under David (1 Chronicles 27:20)

5. a chief under Nehemiah (Nehemiah 10:24)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 16 times in the Bible.

  • Numbers 13:8 Ephraim Hoshea son of Nun
  • Numbers 13:16 These are the names of the men Moses sent out to explore the land. (Moses called Hoshea son of Nun by the name Joshua.)
  • Deuteronomy 32:44 So Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song to the people.
  • 2 Kings 15:30 Then Hoshea son of Elah conspired against Pekah and assassinated him. He began to rule over Israel in the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah.
  • 2 Kings 17:1 Hoshea son of Elah began to rule over Israel in the twelfth year of King Ahaz’s reign in Judah. He reigned in Samaria nine years.
  • 2 Kings 17:3 King Shalmaneser of Assyria attacked King Hoshea, so Hoshea was forced to pay heavy tribute to Assyria.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).