Hosea 1
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The word of the LORD that came unto Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
2The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
3So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and bare him a son.
4And the LORD said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
5And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
6And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Loruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.
7But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by the LORD their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
8Now when she had weaned Loruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son.
9Then said God, Call his name Loammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God.
10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.
11Then shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel be gathered together, and appoint themselves one head, and they shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- בֵּןbênH11218× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- לֹאlôʼH38087× in this chapter
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH30686× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34786× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- כִּיkîyH35886× in this chapter
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
- אָמַרʼâmarH5596× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- אֵתʼêthH8536× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- הָיָהhâyâhH19615× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- בַּיִתbayithH10044× in this chapter
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- יוֹםyôwmH31174× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- יִזְרְעֵאלYizrᵉʻêʼlH31574× in this chapter
Jizreel, the name of two places in Palestine and of two Israelites
- לֹא רֻחָמָהLôʼ RuchâmâhH38194× in this chapter
Lo-Ruchamah, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea
- הוֹשֵׁעַHôwshêaʻH19543× in this chapter
Hoshea, the name of five Israelites
- הָרָהhârâhH20293× in this chapter
to be (or become) pregnant, conceive (literally or figuratively)
- יְהוּדָהYᵉhûwdâhH30633× in this chapter
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- יָלַדyâladH32053× in this chapter
to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
- אֵלʼêlH4133× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עוֹדʻôwdH57503× in this chapter
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
- קָרָאqârâʼH71213× in this chapter
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
- שֵׁםshêmH80343× in this chapter
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8343× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- בַּתbathH13232× in this chapter
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
- הָלַךְhâlakH19802× in this chapter
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
- זָנָהzânâhH21812× in this chapter
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
- זָנוּןzânûwnH21832× in this chapter
adultery; figuratively, idolatry
- יָשַׁעyâshaʻH34672× in this chapter
properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
- לֹא עַמִּיLôʼ ʻAmmîyH38182× in this chapter
Lo-Ammi, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea
- לָקַחlâqachH39472× in this chapter
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter
a king
- נָשָׂאnâsâʼH53752× in this chapter
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- עַםʻamH59712× in this chapter
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
- קֶשֶׁתqeshethH71982× in this chapter
a bow, forshooting (hence, figuratively, strength) or the iris
- רָחַםrâchamH73552× in this chapter
to fondle; by implication, to love, especially to compassionate
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7762× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- אַתָּהʼattâhH8592× in this chapter
thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you
- גָּדוֹלgâdôwlH14191× in this chapter
great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
- גָּמַלgâmalH15801× in this chapter
to treat a person (well or ill), i.e. benefit or requite; by implication (of toil), to ripen, i.e. (specifically) to wean
- גֹּמֶרGômerH15861× in this chapter
Gomer, the name of a son of Japheth and of his descendants; also of a Hebrewess
- דִּבְלַיִםDiblayimH16911× in this chapter
Diblajim, a symbolic name
- דָבַרdâbarH16961× in this chapter
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue