Strong H19552 sensesהוֹשַׁעֲיָה

Hoshaiah

Transliteration
hôsha‛yâh
Pronunciation
ho-shah-yaw'

Meaning of the name

Hoshaiah = "Jehovah as saved"

The 2 senses of Strong H1955

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H1955 appears in 3 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A military leader during Jeremiah's time.H1955H2 verses · Jeremiah
  2. A leader during the dedication of Jerusalem's wall.H1955G1 verse · Nehemiah

General definition

From H3467 and H3050; Jah has saved;
{Hoshajah} the name of two Israelites: - Hoshaiah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • hoshaiah3

First verses

  1. Nehemiah 12:32
    And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
  2. Jeremiah 42:1
    Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
  3. Jeremiah 43:2
    Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: