Word Study · Strong's H1954 · Hebrew
הוֹשֵׁעַ
Hoshea
ho-shay'-ah
Strong's 1890 spelling: Hôwshêaʻ
“Hoshea, the name of five Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Hoshea, the name of five Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.
- 16occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 12inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 16 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 12
- לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ3
- הוֹשֵׁ֥עַ2
- הוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙2
- בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַ1
- בְּהוֹשֵׁ֑עַ פ1
- הוֹשֵׁ֣עַ1
- הוֹשֵׁ֨עַ1
- הוֹשֵׁ֖עַ1
- הוֹשֵׁ֗עַ1
- וְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַ1
- לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַ1
- לְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙1
How it is rendered · 7
- Hoshea6
- of Hoshea4
- Hosea2
- and Hoshea1
- by Hosea1
- in Hoshea1
- to Hoshea1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)8
- preposition + proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 8
- HR/Npm · 7
- HC/Npm · 1
All 16, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 2 Kings8 of 16 · 50%
- Hosea3 of 16 · 19%
- Numbers2 of 16 · 13%
- Deuteronomy1 of 16 · 6%
- 1 Chronicles1 of 16 · 6%
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Numbers2 occurrences
- Numbers 13:8הוֹשֵׁ֥עַhoshea'proper noun (a name)from the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea son of Nun;here: Hoshea
- Numbers 13:16לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַlehoshea'preposition + proper noun (a name)These were the names of the men Moses sent to spy out the land; and Moses gave to Hoshea son of Nun the name Joshua.here: to Hoshea
Deuteronomy1 occurrence
2 Kings8 occurrences
- 2 Kings 15:30הוֹשֵׁ֣עַhoshea'proper noun (a name)Then Hoshea son of Elah led a conspiracy against Pekah son of Remaliah. In the twentieth year of Jotham son of Uzziah, Hoshea attacked Pekah, killed him, and reigned in his place.here: Hoshea
- 2 Kings 17:1הוֹשֵׁ֨עַhoshea'proper noun (a name)In the twelfth year of the reign of Ahaz over Judah, Hoshea son of Elah became king of Israel, and he reigned in Samaria nine years.here: Hoshea
- 2 Kings 17:3הוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙hoshea'proper noun (a name)Shalmaneser king of Assyria attacked him, and Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.here: Hoshea
- 2 Kings 17:4בְּהוֹשֵׁ֜עַbehoshea'preposition + proper noun (a name)But the king of Assyria discovered that Hoshea had conspired to send envoys to King So of Egypt, and that he had not paid tribute to the king of Assyria as in previous years. Therefore the king of Assyria arrested Hoshea and put him in prison.here: in Hoshea
- 2 Kings 17:6לְהוֹשֵׁ֗עַlehoshea'preposition + proper noun (a name)In the ninth year of Hoshea, the king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried away the Israelites to Assyria, where he settled them in Halah, in Gozan by the Habor River, and in the cities of the Medes.here: of Hoshea
- 2 Kings 18:1לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַlehoshea'preposition + proper noun (a name)In the third year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Hezekiah son of Ahaz became king of Judah.here: of Hoshea
- 2 Kings 18:9לְהוֹשֵׁ֥עַlehoshea'preposition + proper noun (a name)In the fourth year of Hezekiah’s reign, which was the seventh year of the reign of Hoshea son of Elah over Israel, Shalmaneser king of Assyria marched against Samaria and besieged it.here: of Hoshea
- 2 Kings 18:10לְהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙lehoshea'preposition + proper noun (a name)And at the end of three years, the Assyrians captured it. So Samaria was captured in the sixth year of Hezekiah, which was the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel.here: of Hoshea
1 Chronicles1 occurrence
Nehemiah1 occurrence
Hosea3 occurrences
- Hosea 1:1הוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙hoshea'proper noun (a name)This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.here: Hosea
- Hosea 1:2בְּהוֹשֵׁ֑עַ פbehoshea'preposition + proper noun (a name)When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”here: by Hosea
- Hosea 1:2הוֹשֵׁ֗עַhoshea'proper noun (a name)When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”here: Hosea