Hosea — the meaning of the Hebrew name הוֹשֵׁעַ

הוֹשֵׁעַ

Hôwshêaʻ · pronounced ho-shay'-ah · Strong's H1954 · a man · also spelled Hoshea, Oshea

Hosea means deliverer.

Built from

יָשַׁע yâshaʻ (from, H3467) — properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe open in the lexicon ›

from H3467; deliverer; Hoshea, the name of five Israelites.

Num 13:8 Of the tribe of Ephraim, Oshea the son of Nun. (KJV)

15 occurrences in 15 verses — Numbers, Deuteronomy, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles, Nehemiah, Hosea

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Definitions from Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (public domain); occurrences from the Westminster Leningrad Codex via Hebrew Explorer's interlinear.

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