H1955 הוֹשַׁעְיָה
Hôwshaʻyâh — Hoshajah, the name of two Israelites
KJV: Hoshaiah.
Built from יָשַׁע yâshaʻ (to be open, wide or free) + יָהּ Yâhh (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has saved”
Occurs 3 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- הוֹשַׁעֲיָה n.pr.m. (Yah has saved)
- 1 a prince of Judah
- 2 father of Azariah or Jezaniah, a chief in time of Jeremiah
Where it occurs
- Jeremiah 42:1 — Then all the captains of the forces, and Yochanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the…
- Jeremiah 43:2 — then Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, Yochanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men spoke, saying to Jeremiah, “You…
- Nehemiah 12:32 — and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,