This name belongs to 2 different people and places in the Bible:
Definition
from H2620; hopeful; Chosah, an Israelite; also a place in Palestine
Traditional renderings: Hosah.
Traditional renderings: Hosah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
5 total
- Joshua 19:29חֹסָ֔ה · toward HosahThe border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
- 1 Chronicles 16:38וְחֹסָ֖ה · and also Hosah…along with Obed-edom and his sixty-eight relatives. Obed-edom son of Jeduthun, and also Hosah, were to be gatekeepers.
- 1 Chronicles 26:10וּלְחֹסָ֥ה · HosahHosah the Merarite also had sons: Shimri the first (although he was not the firstborn, his father had appointed him as the first),
- 1 Chronicles 26:11לְחֹסָ֖ה · of HosahHilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, and Zechariah the fourth. The sons and brothers of Hosah numbered 13 in all.
- 1 Chronicles 26:16וּלְחֹסָה֙ · and HosahThe lots for the West Gate and the Shallecheth Gate on the ascending highway fell to Shuppim and Hosah. There were guards stationed at every watch.