Strong H26212 sensesחֹסָה

Hosah

Transliteration
chôsâh
Pronunciation
kho-saw'

Meaning of the name

Hosah = "refuge"

The 2 senses of Strong H2621

The lexicon tells 2 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H2621 appears in 5 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

  1. A Levite gatekeeper during David's reign.H2621H4 verses · 1 Chronicles
  2. A Levitical city in AsherH2621G1 verse · Joshua

General definition

From H2620; hopeful;
{Chosah} an Israelite: - Hosah.

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

  • hosah5

First verses

  1. Joshua 19:29
    And then the coast turneth to Ramah, and to the strong city Tyre; and the coast turneth to Hosah; and the outgoings thereof are at the sea from the coast to Achzib:
  2. 1 Chronicles 16:38
    And Obed–edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed–edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
  3. 1 Chronicles 26:10
    Also Hosah, of the children of Merari, had sons; Simri the chief, (for though he was not the firstborn, yet his father made him the chief;)
  4. 1 Chronicles 26:11
    Hilkiah the second, Tebaliah the third, Zechariah the fourth: all the sons and brethren of Hosah were thirteen.
  5. 1 Chronicles 26:16
    To Shuppim and Hosah the lot came forth westward, with the gate Shallecheth, by the causeway of the going up, ward against ward.