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hosea

/ˌhoʊˈziːə/

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What does hosea mean?

proper noun

  1. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible.
  2. A prophet.
  3. A male given name from Hebrew.

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/ˌhoʊˈziːə/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˌhoʊˈzeɪə/
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The suggestion, for example, that Ezekiel and Hosea are demoralizing because of certain expressions is too absurd for refutation.
Thomas WrightThe Life of Sir Richard BurtonProject Gutenberg ebook #4315
Thus He betrothes her unto Himself "in faithfulness, in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness, and in mercies" (Hosea ii.
Martin LutherConcerning Christian Liberty; with Letter of Martin Luther to Pope Leo X.Project Gutenberg ebook #1911
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Mrs. Hussey wore a polished necklace of codfish vertebra; and Hosea Hussey had his account books bound in superior old shark-skin.
Herman MelvilleMoby Dick; Or, The WhaleProject Gutenberg ebook #2701
Of the Prophets, the most ancient, are Sophoniah, Jonas, Amos, Hosea, Isaiah and Michaiah, who lived in the time of Amaziah, and Azariah, otherwise Ozias, Kings of Judah.
Thomas HobbesLeviathanProject Gutenberg ebook #3207
Among the mass of scriptural texts most remote from any possible bearing on the subject one was employed which was equally cogent against any use of healing means in any disease--the words of Hosea: "He hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up."
Andrew Dickson WhiteHistory of the Warfare of Science with Theology in ChristendomProject Gutenberg ebook #505