חֹסָהChôçâh
Chosah, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine
Pronunciation: kho-saw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2621
Meanings
1. name of one of the Levitical doorkeepers of the temple (1 Chronicles 16:38; 1 Chronicles 26:10; 1 Chronicles 26:11)
2. place in the tribe of Asher (Joshua 19:29)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 5 times in the Bible.
- Joshua 19:29 Then the boundary turned toward Ramah and the fortress of Tyre, where it turned toward Hosah and came to the Mediterranean Sea. The territory also included Mehebel, Aczib,
- 1 Chronicles 16:38 This group included Obed-edom (son of Jeduthun), Hosah, and sixty-eight other Levites as gatekeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 26:10 Hosah, of the Merari clan, appointed Shimri as the leader among his sons, though he was not the oldest.
- 1 Chronicles 26:11 His other sons included Hilkiah (the second), Tebaliah (the third), and Zechariah (the fourth). Hosah’s sons and relatives, who served as gatekeepers, numbered thirteen in all.
- 1 Chronicles 26:16 Shuppim and Hosah were assigned the west gate and the gateway leading up to the Temple. Guard duties were divided evenly.
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).