Strong's #1955: Howsha`yah (pronounced ho-shah-yaw')

from 3467 and 3050; Jah has saved; Hoshajah, the name of two Israelites:--Hoshaiah.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:

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hôsha‛yâh

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

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Relation: from H3467 and H3050

Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

 

Nehemiah 12:32: "And after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah,"
Jeremiah 42:1: "of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least"
Jeremiah 43:2: "Then spoke Azariah of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all"