Original: הֹושֵׁעַ

Transliteration: Hôwshêaʻ

Phonetic: ho-shay'-ah

Short Definition: Hosea

Original: הושׁע

Transliteration: hôshêa‛

Phonetic: ho-shay'-ah

BDB Definition:

Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation"

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

Origin: from H3467

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H1955, H3444, H3467, H3468, H3469, H3470, H3471, H4190, H4337, H4338, H7769, H7770, H7771, H7774, H8668