Strong’s H1955 · Hebrew
הוֹשַׁעְיָה
Hôwshaʻyâh · ho-shah-yaw'
Origin from יָשַׁע (H3467) and יָהּ (H3050); Jah has saved;
Meaning Hoshajah, the name of two Israelites
In the King James Version Hoshaiah.
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Nehemiah 12:32And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,
- Jeremiah 42:1Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,
- Jeremiah 43:2Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.