Strong's Number H1954

הוֹשֵׁעַ

Howshea` · ho-shay'-ah

Transliteration:

Howshea`{ho-shay'-ah}

Word Origin:

from 3467

Part of Speech:

proper name masculine

Strong's Definition:

Hoshea, the name of five Israelites

Usage in the KJV:

Hoshea 11, Hosea 3, Oshea 2

Total: 17
Occurs 16 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation"

family name of Joshua, the son of Nun
the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of Israel
son of Beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam II
a son of Azaziah, a chief of Ephraim in the time of David
an Israelite chief who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah