Ὡσηέ
Hōsēe
Hosea
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
Supported# Ὡσηέ (Hōsēe) - Hosea Ὡσηέ is the Greek transliteration of a Hebrew proper name appearing three times in the Bible. As a proper noun, it functions as a personal identifier rather than a word with semantic range or multiple meanings. The name designates a specific historical figure in biblical tradition. The limited occurrence of this term (only three biblical instances) suggests it appears in contexts where the figure is directly referenced or identified. As a proper name, its significance derives not from linguistic meaning but from the identity and role of the person it designates within biblical narrative and religious tradition. Without additional lexical data on the specific biblical passages where these three occurrences appear, the precise contexts and their relative significance cannot be determined from this entry alone. The information provided establishes only that this Greek form represents a transliterated Hebrew name appearing minimally in the biblical text.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
3 total occurrences across the text
Yahweh’s word that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.
Hosea 1:2When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh.”
Hosea 1:2When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, “Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh.”