Biblical person
Hosea
prophet
People
also: Hoshea, Hosea
Hosea, also written Hoshea, is the prophet identified as Beeri's son in Hosea 1:1.
Hosea in the Bible is a prophet, also written Hoshea, first named as the son of Beeri when the word of the LORD came to him (Hosea 1:1). At the LORD’s first speech through Hoshea, the passage records a command to take “a wife of fornication and children of fornication” (Hosea 1:2). Romans introduces a statement with the words, “he says in Hosea” (Romans 9:25).
The name occurs in at least 3 verses across 2 books: Hosea and Romans.
3
Verses
2
Books
Hosea 1:1
First named
Key verses
Across Scripture
Hosea · Romans