# H1954 הוֹשֵׁעַ

הוֹשֵׁעַ (Hôwshêaʻ), Strong’s H1954: Hoshea, the name of five Israelites KJV: Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.. Occurs 16 times.

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*Hôwshêaʻ* — Hoshea, the name of five Israelites

KJV: Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea.

Derived from [יָשַׁע yâshaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H3467) (to be open, wide or free)

Occurs 16 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- 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

## Where it occurs
- [Numbers 13:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/13?v=8) — Of the tribe of Ephraim, Hoshea the son of Nun.
- [Numbers 13:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/numbers/13?v=16) — These are the names of the men who Moses sent to spy out the land. Moses called Hoshea the son of Nun Joshua.
- [Deuteronomy 32:44](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=44) — Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
- [2 Kings 15:30](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/15?v=30) — Hoshea the son of Elah made a conspiracy against Pekah the son of Remaliah, attacked him, killed him, and reigned in…
- [2 Kings 17:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=1) — In the twelfth year of Ahaz king of Judah, Hoshea the son of Elah began to reign in Samaria over Israel for nine years.
- [2 Kings 17:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=3) — Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against him; and Hoshea became his servant, and brought him tribute.
- [2 Kings 17:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=4) — The king of Assyria discovered a conspiracy in Hoshea; for he had sent messengers to So king of Egypt, and offered no…
- [2 Kings 17:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/17?v=6) — In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria and carried Israel away to Assyria, and placed them in…
- [2 Kings 18:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=1) — Now in the third year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Hezekiah the son of Ahaz king of Judah began to reign.
- [2 Kings 18:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-kings/18?v=9) — In the fourth year of King Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, Shalmaneser king…