# H1955 הוֹשַׁעְיָה

הוֹשַׁעְיָה (Hôwshaʻyâh), Strong’s H1955: Hoshajah, the name of two Israelites KJV: Hoshaiah.. Occurs 3 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H1955 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*Hôwshaʻyâh* — Hoshajah, the name of two Israelites

KJV: Hoshaiah.

Built from [יָשַׁע yâshaʻ](https://besorah.bible/word/H3467) (to be open, wide or free) + [יָהּ Yâhh](https://besorah.bible/word/H3050) (Jah, the sacred name) — means “Jah has saved”

Occurs 3 times.

## 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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/42?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/43?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/12?v=32) — and after them went Hoshaiah, with half of the princes of Judah,