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Hosah

Easton's Bible Dictionary

1

Refuge.

2

A place on the border of the tribe of Asher (Josh 19:29), a little to the south of Zidon.

3

A Levite of the family of Merari (1 Chr 16:38).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ho'-sa (chocah): A city on the border of Asher, in the neighborhood of Tyre (Josh 19:29). Septuagint reads Iaseiph, which might suggest identification with Kefr Yasif, to the Northeast of Acre. Possibly, however, as Sayce (HCM, 429) and Moore (Judges, 51) suggest, Hosah may represent the Assyrian Usu. Some scholars think that Usu was the Assyrian name for Palaetyrus. If "the fenced city of Tyre" were that on the island, while the city on the mainland lay at Ras el-`Ain, 30 stadia to the South (Strabo xvi.758), this identification is not improbable.

See also

Person Hosah Place Hosah (Jos 19,29)

Kilde: Easton's Bible Dictionary (M.G. Easton, 1897) og International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (red. James Orr, 1915/1939), public domain. Translated into Danish with AI and not yet proofread (fully or partially). Links to people and places: Theographic Bible Metadata (CC BY-SA 4.0).