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Ruhamah

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1884ISBE 19153 verse references

Easton's 1897

Having obtained mercy, a symbolical name given to the daughter of Hosea (2:1).

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1884

(having obtained mercy). (Hosea 2:1) The name if name it be, is symbolical, and is addressed to the DAUGHTERS of the people, to denote that they were still the objects of love and tender compassion.

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · public domain

ISBE 1915

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.

roo-ha'-ma, roo-ha'-ma: See LO-RUHAMAH, the symbolical name of Hosea's daughter (Ho 1:6,8).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

Hosea 2:1Hosea 1:6Hosea 1:8
3 references found in the entries above · verse links open the World English Bible

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