Hosea - Gematria Term

Hosea

Hosea (Hebrew: הוֹשֵׁעַ, Modern: Hosea, Tiberian: Hôšea; Greek: Ὠσηέ; Latin: Osee) is a prophet in the Hebrew Bible and the author of the Book of Hosea, the first of the Twelve Minor Prophets. Hosea means "salvation" or "deliverance" in Hebrew. His name is transliterated as Hoshea in some contexts, such as in the Books of Chronicles, where he is referred to as Hoshea ben Elah, the last king of the Northern Kingdom of Israel. Hosea's ministry spanned approximately 58 years, beginning in the final years of the reign of King Uzziah and continuing through the reigns of Kings Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah of Judah, as well as the reigns of the kings of the Northern Kingdom of Israel, including Pekah and Hoshea ben Elah. Hosea's prophecies primarily address the spiritual prostitution and idolatry of the people of Israel, using his own marital experiences as a metaphor for the relationship between God and Israel.

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Hosea

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In the Hebrew Bible, Hosea, also known as Osee, son of Beeri, was an 8th-century BC prophet in Israel and the nominal primary author of the Book of Hosea. He is the first of the Twelve Minor Prophets, whose collective writings were aggregated and organized into a single book in the Jewish Tanakh by the Second Temple period but which are distinguished as individual books in Christianity. Hosea is often seen as a "prophet of doom", but underneath his message of destruction is a promise of restoration. The Talmud claims that he was the greatest prophet of his generation. The period of Hosea's ministry extended to some sixty years, and he was the only prophet of Israel of his time who left any written prophecy.

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