1955

hōšaʿăyā הוֹשַׁעֲיָה ‘Hoshaiah’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yāšaʿ יָשַׁע ‘to save’ and yāh יָהּ ‘YH--’
Roots: ישׁע יה

hōšaʿăyā pr n m pers
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

Mentioned in Jeremiah 43:2, 42:1 Nehemiah 12:32

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