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Strong's #1954 - הוֹשֵׁעַ
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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
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1 original name of Joshua according to Numbers 13:8,16 (P), ᵐ5 Αυση, compare Deuteronomy 32:44 (J; probably error, see Dr), ᵐ5 Ιησους, see יְהוֺשׁוּעַ above
2 last king of Israel 2 Kings 15:30; 2 Kings 17:1,3,4,6; 2 Kings 18:1,9,10, ᵐ5 Ωσηε.
3 the prophet Hosea Hosea 1:1,2(twice in verse), ᵐ5 Ωσηε.
4 an Ephraimite chief under David 1 Chronicles 27:20, ᵐ5 Ωση(ε).
5 a chief under Nehemiah Nehemiah 10:24, ᵐ5 Ωσηθα, Ωσηε.
הוֹשֵׁעַ (“welfare” [salvation ]), [Oshea, Hoshea], Hosea, pr.n.
(1) this was the original name of Joshua, the minister and successor of Moses [as leader of Israel], Numbers 13:8, 16 Numbers 13:16.
(2) a king of Israel, 2 Kings 15:30, 17:1, seq; 18:1, seq.
(3) a prophet. LXX. Ὠσηέ. Hosea 1:1,.