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HebrewH1955Proper Noun (Masculine)

הוֹשַׁעֲיָה

ho.sha.yah

3Occurrences
H1955Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Hoshajah, the name of two Israelites

from H3467 (יָשַׁע) and H3050 (יָהּ); Jah has saved;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at § Hoshaiah = "Jehovah as saved" 1) a prince of Judah who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah 2) the father of Jezaniah (or Azariah) who was a man of note after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the time of Jeremiah

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

הוֹשַׁעֲיָה appears 3 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
2
Nehemiah
1

Key Passages

Jeremiah 42:1BSB

Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

Jeremiah 43:2BSB

Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

Nehemiah 12:32BSB

Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed,

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.