Every Name in Tanakh

הוֹשַׁעְיָה Hoshaiah

Every verse in which this name stands — 3 places, in canonical order, first appearance to last. These are the occurrences our own corpus tags as this name, counting every form the text writes it in, which is the number on the list.

PersonGematria 396×3 named in TanakhFirst appearance:

Strong's records this name for two Israelites. The name stands three times in the Tanakh, first at Jeremiah 42:1 and last at Nehemiah 12:32.

Jeremiah 42:1ירמיהו מב:א

וַֽיִּגְּשׁוּ כָּל־שָׂרֵי הַחֲיָלִים וְיֽוֹחָנָן בֶּן־קָרֵחַ וִֽיזַנְיָה בֶּן־הוֹשַֽׁעְיָה וְכָל־הָעָם מִקָּטֹן וְעַד־גָּדֽוֹל

Then all the captains of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least even unto the greatest, came near,

Jeremiah 43:2ירמיהו מג:ב

וַיֹּאמֶר עֲזַרְיָה בֶן־הוֹשַֽׁעְיָה וְיוֹחָנָן בֶּן־קָרֵחַ וְכָל־הָאֲנָשִׁים הַזֵּדִים אֹמְרִים אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָהוּ שֶׁקֶר אַתָּה מְדַבֵּר לֹא שְׁלָחֲךָ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ לֵאמֹר לֹֽא־תָבֹאוּ מִצְרַיִם לָגוּר שָֽׁם

then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah: ‘Thou speakest falsely; the LORD our God hath not sent thee to say: Ye shall not go into Egypt to sojourn there;

Nehemiah 12:32נחמיה יב:לב

וַיֵּלֶךְ אַחֲרֵיהֶם הוֹשַׁעְיָה וַחֲצִי שָׂרֵי יְהוּדָֽה

and after them went Hoshaiah, and half of the princes of Judah;

Quick answers

What is the gematria of Hoshaiah?

Hoshaiah — הושעיה in Hebrew — has a gematria of 396 in the standard method.

How many times is Hoshaiah named in the Tanakh?

3 times, first at Jeremiah 42:1.

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