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the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Bible Lexicons

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Strong's #1955 - הוֹשַׁעְיָה

Transliteration

Hôwshaʻyâh

Phonetics

ho-shah-yaw'

Origin

from (H3467) and (H3050)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

BSB (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

CSB (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

ESV (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

KJV (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

LEB (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

LSB (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

N95 (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

NAS (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

Nehemiah 1

Jeremiah 2

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

הוֺשַׁעֲיָה proper name, masculine ( Yah has saved) —

1 a prince of Judah Nehemiah 12:32, ᵐ5 Ωσαια.

2 father of Azariah or Jezaniah, a chief in time of Jeremiah Jeremiah 42:1; Jeremiah 43:2, ᵐ5 Μαας(ς)αιος, etc.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

הוֹשַׁעְיָה (“whom Jehovah aids” [“whom Jehovah has set free”]), [Hoshaiah], pr.n. of several men

(1) Nehemiah 12:32, 32 Nehemiah 12:32.

(2) Jeremiah 42:1, 43:2.

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List of Word Forms

הוֹשַֽׁעְיָ֑ה הוֹשַֽׁעְיָה֙ הוֹשַׁ֣עְיָ֔ה הושעיה hō·wō·ša‘·yāh hoShaYah hōwōša‘yāh