Book of Hosea

Book of Hosea
noun
an Old Testament book telling Hosea's prophecies
Syn: ↑Hosea
Instance Hypernyms: ↑book
Part Holonyms: ↑Prophets, ↑Nebiim, ↑Old Testament

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