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Gomer (Hebrew: גומר, romanized: Gōmer) was the wife of the prophet Hosea (8th century BC), mentioned in the Hebrew Bible's Book of Hosea . English translations of Hosea 1:2 refer to her alternatively as a "promiscuous woman" , a "harlot" , and a "whore" but Hosea is told to marry her according to Divine appointment. She is also described ...
The Prophet Hosea, by Duccio di Buoninsegna, in the Siena Cathedral (c. 1309–1311) Illustration of Hosea and Gomer from the Bible Historiale, 1372.. Hosea prophesied during a dark and melancholic era of Israel's history, the period of the Northern Kingdom's decline and fall in the 8th century BC.
The character Hosea Matthews in the video game Red Dead Redemption 2 is named after the prophet. Norman Nicholson's play A Match for the Devil, first performed in 1953, is based on the story of Hosea. The story of Hosea is retold in a modern-day setting in the film HOSEA (2020), directed by Ryan Daniel Dobson. [22]
Leah – First wife of Jacob who was given to him in place of Rachel whom he loved. Genesis, Ruth [100] [101] Lois, grandmother of Saint Timothy. II Timothy [102] Lo–Ruhamah – Daughter of Hosea and Gomer. Hosea [103] Lydia of Thyatira – the first converted believer after the resurrection, and the first to introduce it in to her household ...
The etymology of Beeri (Hebrew: בְּאֵרִי, Bə’êrî) is given as "belonging to a fountain" by Wilhelm Gesenius, [1] but as "expounder" by the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2] and "well" according to the Holman Bible Dictionary. [3] According to the Book of Hosea, Beeri was the father of the prophet Hosea. [4]
The Hebrew Bible is the canonical ... A wife confused for a sister (featuring Abraham, Sarah, and Pharaoh, as characters ... Hosea was a prophet who lived and ...
Hosea 3 is the third, as well as shortest, [a] chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] The book, a member of the Twelve Minor Prophets, [3] [4] contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri; chapter 3 refers autobiographically to Hosea's marriage to a woman who is an adulterer. [5]
Hosea 1 is the first chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri, and this chapter especially sets forth the spiritual whoredom of Israel by symbolical acts. [3] It is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor ...