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Hoshaiah

הוֹשַׁעֲיָהStrong’s H1955

hoshayah (ho-sha-yah)

Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Hoshayah is the Hebrew word usually translated “hoshaiah”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.

“And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,”
Nehemiah 12:32 KJV
Meaning
  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
  3. A prince of Judah who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah
  4. The father of Jezaniah (or Azariah) who was a man of note after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the time of Jeremiah
How it's translated
  • hoshaiah 3

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 2
  • Nehemiah 1

2 books in all.

Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary

הוֹשַׁעֲיָה hoshayah · Hoshaiah

A man living at the time of Exile and Return, only mentioned at Neh.12.32 § 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

הוֹשַׁעֲיָה hoshayah · Hoshaiah

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.42.1; father of: Jezaniah (H3153) § 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

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.