Strong’s H3818 · Hebrew
לֹא עַמִּי
Lôʼ ʻAmmîy
lo am-mee'
Definition
Lo-Ammi, the symbolic name of a son of Hosea
Etymology
from H3808 (לֹא) and H5971 (עַם) with pronominal suffix; not my people;
Where the KJV renders it
- Lo-ammi
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