הוֹשֵׁעַ

ho.she.aHoshea
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man16 occurrences6 books15 verses
This name belongs to 5 different people in the Bible:
  • Hosea: A prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel
  • Hoshea: Leader of the half-tribe of Ephraim
  • Hoshea: The last king of Israel (northern kingdom)
  • Hoshea: A leader who sealed Nehemiah's covenant
  • Joshua: Moses' assistant who led Israel into Canaan

Definition

from H3467; deliverer; Hoshea, the name of five Israelites
Traditional renderings: Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.

Glossary entries

Joshua (Person) Hoshea Jesus Jehoshua, Jehoshuah Jeshua (Person) Oshea

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

16 total
  1. Numbers 13:8הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ · Hoshea
    …from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;
  2. Numbers 13:16לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ · to Hoshea
    These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.
  3. Deuteronomy 32:44וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ · with Joshua
    Then Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
  4. 2 Kings 15:30הוֹשֵׁ֣עַ · Then Hoshea
    Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.
  5. 2 Kings 17:1הוֹשֵׁ֨עַ · Hoshea
    In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.
  6. 2 Kings 17:3הוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ · and Hoshea
    Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
  7. 2 Kings 17:4בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַ · that Hoshea
    But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.
  8. 2 Kings 17:6לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ · of Hoshea
    In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.
  9. 2 Kings 18:1לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ · of Hoshea
    In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.
  10. 2 Kings 18:9לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ · of Hoshea
    In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.
  11. 2 Kings 18:10לְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ · of Hoshea
    And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.
  12. 1 Chronicles 27:20הוֹשֵׁ֖עַ · [was] Hoshea
    …over the Ephraimites was Hoshea son of Azaziah; over one of the half-tribes of Manasseh was Joel son of Pedaiah;
  13. Nehemiah 10:23הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ · Hoshea
    Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,
  14. Hosea 1:1הוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ · Hosea
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.
  15. Hosea 1:2 (2×)בְּהוֹשֵׁ֑עַ פ · through Hosea; הוֹשֵׁ֗עַ · him
    When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”