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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A Hebrew prophet of the eighth century BC.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Hebrew hôšēa‘, salvation, from hôšîa‘, to save; see wṯע in Semitic roots.]

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After Hosea.]

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