Word: RYED

Pronounce: ho-shay'-ah

Strong: H1954

Orig: from 3467; deliverer; Hoshea, the name of five Israelites:--Hosea, Hoshea, Oshea. H3467

Use: Proper Name Masculine

Grk Strong: G5617

Hosea or Hoshea or Oshea = "salvation"

1) family name of Joshua, the son of Nun
2) the 19th and last king of the northern kingdom of Israel
3) son of Beeri, and the first of the minor prophets; prophet to the northern kingdom of Israel in the reign of Jeroboam II
4) a son of Azaziah, a chief of Ephraim in the time of David
5) an Israelite chief who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah