Howshea`

ho-shay'-ah
Parts of Speech Proper Name Masculine

Howshea` Definition

Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation"
  1. family name of Joshua, the son of Nun
  2. the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of Israel
  3. son of Beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam II
  4. a son of Azaziah, a chief of Ephraim in the time of David
  5. an Israelite chief who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
Audio Pronunciation
Original Language
[Xwh
Origin
from (03467)
Strong's Number
01954
TDNT Entry
None

KJV Word Usage

Hoshea
11
Hosea
3
Oshea
3
Total
16

KJV Verse Count

2
1
8
1
1
2
Total
15
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The Hebrew lexicon is Brown, Driver, Briggs, Gesenius Lexicon; this is keyed to the "Theological Word Book of the Old Testament." These files are considered public domain.

Brown, Driver, Briggs and Gesenius. "Hebrew Lexicon entry for Howshea`". "The KJV Old Testament Hebrew Lexicon". . .