Definition

Hoshea, the name of five Israelites

Etymology

from H3467 (יָשַׁע); deliverer;

Word family

• יָשַׁע yâshaʻ

How the KJV renders it

• Hosea
• Hoshea
• Oshea

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.