Hebrew word · H1955

הוֹשַׁעֲיָה

hosha'yah

Hoshaiah

Appears 3 times in 3 verses of the Hebrew Old Testament.

What it means

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at Jer.42.1;

father of: Jezaniah (H3153)

§ Hoshaiah = "Jehovah as saved"

1) a prince of Judah who assisted in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem in the time of Nehemiah

2) the father of Jezaniah (or Azariah) who was a man of note after the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar in the time of Jeremiah

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Nehemiah · 1

  1. Nehemiah 12:32 הוֹשַׁ֣עְיָ֔ה Hoshaiah

    Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed,

Jeremiah · 2

  1. Jeremiah 42:1 הוֹשַֽׁעְיָ֑ה Hoshaiah

    Then all the commanders of the forces, along with Johanan son of Kareah, Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, approached

    Here: Jezaniah's father. The same name appears in 43:2 ('Azariah son of Hoshaiah'), which is why many link the two leaders.

  2. Jeremiah 43:2 הוֹשַֽׁעְיָה֙ Hoshaiah

    Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’

    Here: 'Yahweh has saved'. Another name about God's rescue, belonging to a family now rejecting the rescue on offer.

Word data: STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0), main text only.