Hosea 1:2
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.”
זָנָה
continually prostitute itself
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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דָבַר
of when he spoke
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דָבַר
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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לָקַח
take
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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תְּחִלָּה
the beginning
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תְּחִלָּה
a commencement; rel. original (adverb, -ly)
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הוֹשֵׁעַ
Hosea
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הוֹשֵׁעַ
Hoshea, the name of five Israelites
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זָנוּן
prostitutions
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זָנוּן
adultery; figuratively, idolatry
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