Strong H1954H1954Gהוֹשֵׁעַ
Hoshea
One of the 5 senses of Strong H1954
- Transliteration
- hôshêa‛
- Pronunciation
- ho-shay'-ah
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A king of the Kingdom of Israel, living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Ki.15.30;
son of: Elah (H425I)
son of: Elah (H425I)
Meaning of the name
Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation"
General definition
From H3467; deliverer;
{Hoshea} the name of five Israelites: - {Hosea} {Hoshea} Oshea.
{Hoshea} the name of five Israelites: - {Hosea} {Hoshea} Oshea.
In the biblical story
Hoshea
The last king of Israel (northern kingdom).
Hoshea was the last king of Israel, reigning from around 732 to 722 BC, until the Assyrian conquest of Samaria.
In the Bible
Strong H1954G appears in 8 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hoshea7
- begin1
First verses
- 2 Kings 15:30And Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, and smote him, and slew him, and reigned in his stead, in the twentieth year of Jotham the son of Uzziah.
- 2 Kings 17:1In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah began Hoshea the son of Elah to reign in Samaria over Israel nine years.
- 2 Kings 17:3Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria; and Hoshea became his servant, and gave him presents.
- 2 Kings 17:4And the king of Assyria found conspiracy in Hoshea: for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and brought no present to the king of Assyria, as he had done year by year: therefore the king of Assyria shut him up, and bound him in prison.
- 2 Kings 17:6In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
- 2 Kings 18:1Now it came to pass in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- 2 Kings 18:9And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it.
- 2 Kings 18:10And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah, that is the ninth year of Hoshea king of Israel, Samaria was taken.