hoshea · Hoshea

What it means

hoshea (הוֹשֵׁעַ) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Hoshea”.

The first name of Joshua son of Nun; other men bear it later, among them the prophet Hosea. It means "salvation" or "deliverer."

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• Hoshea ×13
• Hosea ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Numbers×2
• Deuteronomy×1
• 2 Kings×8
• 1 Chronicles×1
• Nehemiah×1
• Hosea×3

• Numbers 13:8

  of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;

• Numbers 13:16

  These are the names of the men whom Moses sent to explore the land. And Moses called Hoshea son of Nun Joshua.

• Deuteronomy 32:44

  And Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun.

• 2 Kings 15:30

  Hoshea son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah, and struck him and put him to death and reigned in his place, in year twenty of Jotham son of Uzziah.

• 2 Kings 17:1

  In year twelve of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king in Samaria over Israel and reigned nine years.

• 2 Kings 17:3

  Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant and paid him tribute.

• 2 Kings 17:4

  But the king of Assyria found in Hoshea a conspiracy, for he had sent messengers to So, king of Egypt, and had not brought up tribute to the king of Assyria as he had done year by year; so the king of Assyria detained him and bound him in prison.

• 2 Kings 17:6

  In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel into exile to Assyria, and settled them in Halah and on the Habor, the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

• 2 Kings 18:1

  And it happened in year three of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Hezekiah son of Ahaz, king of Judah, became king.

• 2 Kings 18:9

  And it happened in the fourth year of King Hezekiah, that was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah, king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria and besieged it.

• 2 Kings 18:10

  They captured it at the end of three years; in year six of Hezekiah, that is year nine of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was captured.

• 1 Chronicles 27:20

  for the sons of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Azaziah; for the half tribe of Manasseh, Joel son of Pedaiah;

• Nehemiah 10:23

  Hoshea, Hananiah, Hasshub,

• Hosea 1:1

  The word of YHWH that came to Hosea son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam son of Joash, king of Israel.

• Hosea 1:2

  The beginning of what YHWH spoke through Hosea. And YHWH said to Hosea: Go, take for yourself a woman of prostitutions and children of prostitutions, for the land is utterly prostituting itself, turning away from following YHWH.

And 1 more times.