{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H1954",
  "lemma": "הוֹשֵׁעַ",
  "transliteration": "Hôwshêaʻ",
  "definition": "Hoshea, the name of five Israelites",
  "kjv": "Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.",
  "occurrences": 16,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H3467",
      "lemma": "יָשַׁע",
      "transliteration": "yâshaʻ",
      "meaning": "to be open, wide or free",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H3467"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "הוֹשֵׁעַ n.pr.m. (salvation)",
    "1. orig. name of Joshua",
    "2. last king of Israel",
    "3. the prophet Hosea",
    "4. an Ephraimite chief under David",
    "5. a chief under Nehemiah"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 13:8",
      "text": "Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/13?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Numbers 13:16",
      "text": "These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/13?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:44",
      "text": "Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=44"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 15:30",
      "text": "Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/15?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 17:1",
      "text": "In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 17:3",
      "text": "Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 17:4",
      "text": "The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 17:6",
      "text": "In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 18:1",
      "text": "Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Kings 18:9",
      "text": "In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=9"
    }
  ],
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  "credit": "Besorah (https://besorah.bible). Texts and word data are open; terms and licences:",
  "license": "https://besorah.bible/data-licence.txt",
  "credits": "https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html"
}