Strong’s H1953 · Hebrew

הוֹשָׁמָע
Hôwshâmâʻ
ho-shaw-maw'

Definition

Hoshama, an Israelite

Etymology

from H3068 (יְהֹוָה) and H8085 (שָׁמַע); Jehovah has heard;

Where the KJV renders it

  • Hoshama

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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