הוֹשֵׁעַ
Hôwshêaʻ · ho-shay'-ah
Hoshea, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from H3467 (יָשַׁע); deliverer;
Hoshea, the name of five Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.
Letters
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to reveal, behold › to fasten and establish › to consume, to destroy › to see and know
To reveal, behold that works to fasten and establish that works to consume, to destroy that works to see and know.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of הוֹשֵׁעַ above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
16 occurrences · 16 OT · 0 NT · 12 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of hoshea4 · 25%
- oshea2 · 13%
- and hoshea2 · 13%
- hoshea2 · 13%
- he, and hoshea1 · 6%
- began hoshea1 · 6%
- in hoshea1 · 6%
- that came unto hosea1 · 6%
- by hosea1 · 6%
- to hosea1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.